第一, 迷你对话
A: She lost it.
她输了。
B: Really? How did you know the news?
真的吗?你怎么知道这个消息的?
A: The news is true, I am sure.
消息是真的,我相信。
B: What a pretty pass for one to come whose hopes had so recently run so high!
对一个最近抱着这么大希望的人来说,这是多么尴尬啊。
A: So you think to tell her now or left her know it later?
那么,你认为是现在告诉他还是晚点告诉她?
B: I have no idea.
我不知道。
第二, 地道表达
pretty pass
1. 解词释义
Pretty pass的意思是“尴尬,困境”。
2. 拓展范例
e.g. Things have come to a pretty pass for us.
我们已陷入困境。
e.g. Things come to a pretty pass when children give orders to their parents.
当子女们向父母发号施令时,事情就变得十分糟糕了。
e.g. What has brought the firm to such a pretty pass?
什么原因使公司陷入如此困境?