【句子】Cause if you'd decided to hang on to my Joni Mitchell CDs, I'd have had to come after you with a club.   【Desperate Housewives S2E7】

【发音】/kɔːz/ /kɑːz/ /ɪf/ /juːd/ /dɪˈsaɪ.dɪd/ /tʊ/ /hæŋ/ /ɒn/ /ɑːn/ /tʊ/ /maɪ/ /ˈdʒəʊni/ /ˈmɪtʃəl/ /ˈsi:ˈdi:z/ /aɪd/ /hæv/ /hæd/ /tʊ/ /kʌm/ /ˈɑːf.tə/ /ˈæf.tər/ /ju:/ /wɪð/ /ə/ /klʌb/

【发音技巧】Cause if连读；you'd decided to两处失去爆破；hang on连读；I'd have不完全爆破；had to失去爆破；come after连读；with a连读；

【翻译】因为如果你要是继续拿着我的琼尼·米切尔的CD不还给我，没准我会用大棒子赶着问你要呢。

【适用场合】

今天我们来学习一下这个说法，hang on to someone/something；

这个短语可以理解成：“一直抓着、拿着某个东西不放手/不松手”；

eg: I hung on to the ledge for dear life.

我拼命抓住窗台。

eg: Hang on to that rope and don't let go.

抓住那根绳子，别松手！

eg: Make sure you hang on to that camera. You don't want it to fall overboard.

一定要把那个照相机拿好，你可不想让它掉到水里去。

有的时候这个短语也可以指：to retain possession, custody, control, or employment of someone or something

“占有、监禁、控制或者留住某个人或者某个东西”；

eg: Why are you hanging on to all this junk in the basement? Surely we don't need four cheese graters.

你为什么要把这些破烂玩意儿留在地下室里？我们肯定不需要四个磨奶酪的机器啊！

eg: Karen's one of our very best lawyers. We've got to hang on to her!

凯伦是我们最好的律师之一。我们必须把她留下来！

【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】

A: "Mom, I can't believe you didn't hang on to my childhood teddy bear!"

B: "That ratty old thing had to go, honey, I'm sorry."