【句子】So Manny made a mistake, but he didn’t take the easy way out. 【Modern Family S3E2】
【发音】/səʊ/ /ˈmæni/ /meɪd/ /ə/ /mɪˈsteɪk/ /bʌt/ /hiː/ /ˈdɪd.ənt/ /teɪk/ /ðiː/ /ˈiː.zi/ /weɪ/ /aʊt/
【发音技巧】made a连读；but he不完全爆破；didn’t take the失去爆破+不完全爆破；the重读；
【翻译】所以曼尼是犯了错，但是他却没有选择逃避。
【适用场合】
先来看一下视频中前面出现的一段台词：
But Manny stood up like a man. He admitted he was wrong and he took his licks. And I’m damn proud of him.
但是Manny像一个爷们一样站了出来。他承认了自己的错误，并且接受了惩罚。我特别以他为傲。
take one's licks
lick这个单词当名词使用，可以理解成什么？
lick其实本意是“舔”的意思；
但其实还有“拍打”的含义；可以用来指：
a sharp hit 急速的打击；猛击；

再看一下这个短语：
take one's licks
来看一下英文解释：
to be subjected to harsh criticism

经受严厉的批评
eg: The movie has taken its licks from the reviewers.
这部电影已经遭受到了评论家们的猛烈攻击/批评。

take the easy way out
to end a difficult situation by choosing the simplest solution even if it is not the best one
做了一个最容易的选择（其实有可能不是最好的选择）来结束/回避一种困难的境况

eg: He took the easy way out and didn't go to the meeting.
他做了最快捷、最不费心力的选择，没有去参加会议。

eg: Rather than confronting her about the issue, John took the easy way out and promptly began to ignore her instead.
John并没有在这个问题上直面她，而是径直选择了逃避这条最简单的路，立刻忽视了她。

eg: As soon as things got difficult he took the easy way out.
事情一变得困难，他就马上选了一条捷径。

eg: I'm not the type that takes the easy way out.
我不是那种遇事就走捷径的人。

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Companies looking to take the easy way out of dealing with workplace disputes are about to come up against much stricter regulations this spring.