【句子】It's a chance for people to take a step back and observe the obstacles they face in their marriage. 【Desperate Housewives S2E5】

【发音技巧】It's a连读；take a连读；step back失去爆破；and observe连读；the obstacles重读；

【翻译】它使得双方可以各后退一步，去思考他们婚姻中存在的问题。

在英语中，我们可以说take a step back，或者直接说step back都可以表示“后退；后退一步”这样的意思；

比如说：

eg: Step back or you'll get hit by the ball.

后退/往后站，否则你会被球砸到。

eg: I tried to step back, but he held my upper arms too tightly.

我试图向后退，但是他死命拽着我的上臂。

这样的短语除了字面意思，还有什么引申义呢？

可以理解成：to stop for a moment in order to consider sth.

“从某事当中抽身出来，停下来，去仔细、冷静地思考一下某件事情；”

eg: Let's step back and have another look at this.

我们先抽身出来，再看看它/再考虑考虑这件事。

eg: We are learning to step back from ourselves and identify our strengths and weakness.

我们正在学着后退一步审视自己，充分了解我们的优势与劣势。

eg: You're too focused on this project. You need to take a step back and consider the bigger picture of the whole company.

你太关注这个项目了，你应该学会把自己抽离出来，考虑一下整个公司发展的大局。

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I think everyone needs to take a step back from this issue for a moment and think about their motivations a bit more critically.

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