【句子】The inmates went out of their way to give her compliments, whether she wanted them to or not.【Desperate Housewives S02E03】

【发音】/ðiː/ /ˈɪn.meɪts/ /went/ /aʊt/ /əv/ /ðeə(r)/ /weɪ/ /tʊ/ /gɪv/ /hɜː(r)/ /ˈkɒm.plɪ.mənts/ /ˈkɑːm.plɪ.mənts/ /ˈweð.ə(r)/ /ʃiː/ /wɒntɪd/ /wɑːntɪd/ /ðem/ /ðəm/ /tʊ/ /ɔː(r)/ /nɒt/ /nɑːt/

【发音技巧】The inmates定冠词重读；went out连读；out of连读+闪音；give her击穿；wanted them不完全爆破；

【翻译】那些犯人们，特意恭维她，不管她喜不喜欢。

【适用场合】

今天学这样一个短语，叫做

go out of one's way to do sth.

这个短语的字面意思是：“离开了某个人的原本的路线去做某事；绕远去做某事”；

其实引申意味就是：“不辞辛劳、不厌其烦地做某事；特意、特地费心做某事；”

to make an extra effort to do something even though it is not convenient or easy to do



这个短语我们之前学习Modern Family S1E22的时候讲过，当时是第426期节目，大家可以跳转超链接复习一下。
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eg: Rachel really went out of her way to make me feel welcome.

瑞秋真的是不辞辛苦地让我感受到宾至如归。



eg: He would always go out of his way to be friendly towards her.

他总是特地对她表现得特别友好。



eg: You need to thank Monica—she really went out of her way to get you this job interview.

你真得感谢莫妮卡，她真的大费周章给你安排了这次工作面试。



eg: I'd appreciate your help with that if you can get to it, but don't go out of your way.

你如果能帮忙，我真的会很感激你，但如果太麻烦你了就算了。



eg: We went out of our way to please the visitor.

我们特意去取悦那位访客。



【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】

We appreciate anything you can do, but don't go out of your way.