【句子】We can leave this whole mess behind. We can start over. 【Desperate Housewives S1E20】
【发音】/wiː/ /kæn/ /liːv/ /ðɪs/ /həʊl/ /mes/ /bɪˈhaɪnd/ /wiː/ /kæn/ /stɑː(r)t/ /ˈəʊ.və(r)/
【发音技巧】start over连读；
【翻译】我们可以远离这一切纷乱，我们可以重新开始。
【适用场合】
今天的台词中，我们学习一个表达，叫做leave sth./sb. behind
最基础的意思是：
1.“离开某地的时候，把某物/某人留在身后”
to depart (from some place) without bringing someone or something
eg: We decided to leave the kids behind when we go to Paris this spring so we can have a bit of time to ourselves.
我们决定今年春天去巴黎的时候，不带孩子们去，这样我们就可以有点自己的时间了。

eg: I can't believe I left my passport behind! I hope they still let me on the plane.
简直不敢相信！我把我的护照忘记带了！我希望他们还能让我上飞机。

我们再来看看这个短语的其他意思：
2. to abandon or forsake someone or something
抛弃某人或者某物
eg: I can’t believe he left his family behind to pursue a career in acting.
我简直不敢相信他抛弃了他的家庭去追求演艺事业。

3. to put an increasing amount of distance between oneself and someone or something else把自己和其他某个东西或者某个人逐渐拉开距离、差距
eg: She left the other racers behind after the second lap.
在第二圈之后，她把其他赛跑的人甩在了身后。

eg: We left the city behind us as we drove away.
我们驾车离开的时候，离城市越来越远。

eg: The tech giant has totally left behind its competition in the mobile phone market.
这家科技巨头公司已经在手机的市场上把竞争对手远远甩在了身后。

4. to deliberately forget something, especially something from your past
故意遗忘某件事，尤其是你过往经历的一些事

eg: She wants to leave her old life behind when she moves to Europe next fall.
她想要明年秋天搬去欧洲，跟以前的生活做个了断。

eg: I understand your decision to move abroad, but just don't leave your friends and family behind.
我理解你这个搬去国外的决定，但是别忘了你的家人和朋友啊。

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直到回家路上走到半路，她才反应过来，自己的钱包忘带了。