【句子】I can't believe you would sink so low.   【Desperate Housewives S02E09】

【发音】/aɪ/ /kɑːnt/ /kænt/ /bɪˈliːv/ /juː/ /wʊd/ /sɪŋk/ /səʊ/ /ləʊ/

【发音技巧】can't believe失去爆破；would sink不完全爆破；

【翻译】我真不敢相信你竟然这么卑鄙！

【适用场合】

今天我们学习一下sink so low这个短语的用法。

sink本身有“沉没”的意思；sink so low的字面意思是：“沉到如此低的地步”，其实引申一下，就是指“一个人在道德、行为、标准或者地位上堕落到一个非常糟糕、可耻或者令人失望的境地”，来看看对应的英文解释：to have such low moral standards that you do sth. very bad；

eg: Stealing from your friends? How could you sink so low?

偷你朋友的东西？你怎么能堕落到这个地步？

eg: I never thought he would sink so low as to lie to me about it.

我从未想到过，他竟然会卑劣到对我撒谎的地步。

eg: I knew John wasn't the most generous guy around, but I never expected him to sink so low.

我知道约翰在周边的人中不算最大方的，但没料到他竟然会做这样的事情。

eg: After he lost his job, he sank so low that he had to beg for money.

失业后，他沦落到了不得不乞讨的地步。

口语中你也可以说sink to such depths，意思类似；

eg: I can't believe that anyone would sink to such depths.

真不敢相信，有人会沦落到如此不堪的地步。

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The magazine has really sunk so low. It used to publish serious journalism.