【句子】I did what I could, mom. It was a nightmare.   【Modern Family S3E20】

【发音】/aɪ/ /dɪd/ /wɒt/ /wɑːt/ /aɪ/ /kʊd/ /mɒm/ /mɑːm/ /ɪt/ /wɒz/ /wɑːz/ /ə/ /ˈnaɪt.meə(r)/

【发音技巧】did what类似不完全爆破的处理；what I连读+闪音；It was类似不完全爆破的处理；was a连读；nightmare不完全爆破；

【翻译】我已经尽力了妈妈，简直跟噩梦一样。

【适用场合】

今天我们来学习一下英文中nightmare这个词的用法和意义。

nightmare的本意是“噩梦”，a very upsetting or frightening dream；

eg: I shouldn't have watched that movie. It'll give me nightmares.

我不应该看那部电影的。它会让我做噩梦的。

如果用于引申义，可以用于表示“极其糟糕的经历或者情境、像噩梦一样让人难受的事情”或者“非常麻烦的人或者事物”；

something that is quite annoying, challenging, or stressful或者an extremely difficult or frightening situation；

eg: The trip turned into a nightmare when they both got sick.

当他俩都病倒的时候，这场旅程变成了一次噩梦。

eg: Nobody knows what's going on-it's a nightmare!

没人知道发生了什么——这简直糟透了！

eg: The situation on the roads that day was every driver's worst nightmare.

那天道路上的状况是每个司机最可怕的噩梦。

eg: The years in prison were a nightmare for him.

狱中的那些年对他而言是一场噩梦。

eg: Taking my son Peter to a restaurant was a nightmare.

带我儿子彼得去餐馆吃饭简直是场噩梦。

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Heavy rain made rescue conditions an absolute nightmare.