【句子】What's the big deal? Our marriage was a sham anyway.

【Desperate Housewives S02E03】

【发音】/wɒts/ /wɑːts/ /ðə/ /bɪg/ /diːl/ /aʊə(r)/ /ˈmær.ɪdʒ/ /wɒz/ /wɑːz/ /ə/ /ʃæm/ /ˈen.i.weɪ/

【发音技巧】big deal失去爆破；was a连读；

【翻译】有什么大不了的？反正我们的婚姻也名存实亡了。

【适用场合】

今天学一下这个有意思的单词：

sham

先来看一下对应的英文解释：
something which is not what it seems to be and is intended to deceive people, or someone who pretends to be something they are not

“假冒的东西；骗人的东西；骗子；”



eg: They claimed that the election had been fair, but really it was a sham.

他们宣称那次选举是公平的，但事实并非如此。



eg: The latest crime figures are a complete sham.

最新的犯罪数据完全是捏造的数据。



eg: It turned out that he wasn't a real doctor at all - he was just a sham.

事实证明，他根本就不是一个真正的医生，他就是一个冒牌货/骗子！



然后我们在英文中其实还有sham marriage这样的说法，

就指的是那种“为了某种目的而结婚/不离婚的婚姻，两个人并不是因为爱情而在一起”；或者直接理解成“假结婚”；

a legal marriage that happens primarily or solely for practical purposes, rather than love



eg: Any couple suspected of entering into a sham marriage to bypass the need for work permits may be investigated and have their marriage license revoked at any time.

任何夫妻，如果没有工作许可，但却想通过假结婚来走捷径，一旦被怀疑，随时有可能会被调查，并被撤销结婚证。



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她担心这笔交易是假的。