【句子】We used to be the cute ones. Now she gets all the attention. We need to take her down. 【Modern Family S3E16】

【发音技巧】used to失去爆破；cute ones类似不完全爆破的处理；gets all连读；the重读；need to失去爆破；take her击穿+连读；

【翻译】我们以前才是家里最萌的。现在大家注意力全集中在她身上了。我们得灭了她。

今天视频中，我们来学习一下take down的用法；

take down最基础的意思是：“把某个人或者某个东西从高处弄下来”；

to move someone or something down from a higher position to a lower one

eg: Take your sister down from the table this instant!

现在就把你妹妹从那个桌子上弄下来。

eg: He took down the bottle and poured a glass for everyone at the table.

他把酒瓶拿下来，给在座的每一位都倒了一玻璃杯。

eg: It must be time to take down the holiday decorations.

是时候把节日的装饰取下来了。

take down也可以理解成：to ruin, sabotage, or destroy someone or something or their chances for success 毁掉某个人/某个事物，或者毁掉其成功的机会/可能；

eg: The advertisement was supposed to take down the company's competitors, but it backfired and ended up hurting their own sales.

这则广告原本是为了打败这家公司的竞争对手，但事与愿违，它却最终伤到了自家公司的销量。

这个短语take down还可以用来表示：“贬低某个人的自尊”；

to lower someone's arrogance or self-esteem

eg: They were so good that they took down each member of our debate team.

他们辩论队的队员表现是如此的优异，以至于我们的辩论队队员各个自惭形秽。

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There's no need to take us down by making fun of our clothes.

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