【句子】Over the past couple of days, I gave myself a long hard look in the mirror, and I did not like what I saw.  【Desperate Housewives S2E7】

【发音】/ˈəʊ.və(r)/ /ðə/ /pɑːst/ /pæst/ /ˈkʌp.l/ /əv/ /deɪz/ /aɪ/ geɪv/ /maɪˈself/ /ə/ /lɒŋ/ /lɑːŋ/ /hɑː(r)d/ /lʊk/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈmɪr.ə(r)/ /ənd/ /aɪ/ /dɪd/ /nɒt/ /nɑːt/ /laɪk/ /wɒt/ /wɑːt/ /aɪ/ /sɔː/ /sɑː/

【发音技巧】past couple失去爆破；couple of连读；hard look不完全爆破；and I连读；did not不完全爆破；like what类似不完全爆破；what I连读+闪音；

【翻译】过去这几天，我扪心自问，确实问心有愧。

【适用场合】

今天我们来学习一下这个短语：a long hard look，

字面的意思，你可能会觉得很懵。

其实在这里这个短语来自于，take a long, hard look at something，可以理解成：

to examine something very carefully in order to improve it in the future

“非常仔细、谨慎地审视某个东西，以便在未来改进它”；

eg: We need to take a long, hard look at the way we control gun ownership.

我们需要仔细审视一下我们控制枪支所有权的方式。

eg: After the data breach, the company is going to have to take a long, hard look at their security measures.

在这次数据泄露事件以后，这家公司将会仔细审视他们的安全保护措施。

eg: If you think that kind of behavior is OK, you need to take a long, hard look at your ethics.

如果你觉得那种行为没问题，你得仔细审视一下你的道德标准了。

eg: After taking a long hard look at the cost of employing an extra person, we decided against it.

在仔细考量了多雇佣一个人的成本以后，我们决定还是不招人了。

eg: You seem to be permanently stressed out. I think you should take a long hard look at your life.

你似乎一直压力很大。我觉得你得好好审视一下你的生活。

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在我们做决定之前，我们需要好好考量一下计划。