【句子】I’m sorry to ask you to get your own birthday cake, but I can’t get ahold of anyone else. 【Modern Family S2E24】
【发音】/aɪm/ /ˈsɒr.i/ /ˈsɔ:r.i/ /tə/ /ɑːsk/ /æsk/ /juː/ /tə/ /get/ /jə(r)/ /əʊn/ /ˈbɜː(r)θ.deɪ/ /keɪk/ /bʌt/ /aɪ/ /kɑːnt/ /kænt/ /get/ /əˈhəʊld/ /əv/ /ˈen.i.wʌn/ /els/
【发音技巧】to闪音；to闪音；get your音的同化；but I连读+闪音；can’t get失去爆破；get ahold of两处连读+闪音；anyone else连读；
【翻译】很抱歉让你自己去拿你的生日蛋糕，但是我实在是联系不上其他人了。
【适用场合】
英语当中get ahold of sth.
指的就是to obtain or buy something after trying to get it for a long time

获取、拿到某物（尤其指努力很久以后）；
eg: Drugs are too easy to get ahold of.
药品/D品太好得到了。

eg: I finally managed to get ahold of a copy of that book you were looking for.
我终于买到了一本你一直想要的那本书。
我终于买到了一本你一直在找的那本书。


有的时候，
get ahold of something
grab ahold of something
take ahold of something
还可以用来指牢牢抓住某样东西；
指的是：
to take something firmly in your hand and hold it tightly there:
eg: Grab ahold of the rope!
把绳子抓牢！

eg: I grabbed ahold of his legs so he could not get away.
我抱住了他的腿，这样他就走不掉了。

eg: The police officer got ahold of the suspect before he could run away.
那位警官在嫌疑犯还没来得及逃跑之前，就抓住了他。

而如果像今天视频当中一样是，get ahold of sb.
指的意思是：能够找到或者联络上某个人；
to find or communicate with someone:
eg: I'd like to get ahold of Debbie and talk to her about this.
我想找Debbie聊聊这个事儿。

eg: I tried again to get ahold of my cousin John.
我曾再次想联络一下我的表哥John。

eg: I wasn't able to get ahold of my brother over the weekend. I hope he's OK.
我周末一直没能联系上我哥哥。我希望他没事儿。

有的场合下，
get ahold of sb. 还可以用来指成功吸引了某个人的注意力。
to capture one's attention, interest, or imagination
eg: Her latest novel got ahold of me and didn't let go until I'd read it cover to cover.
她最新的那本小说，吸引住了我，我直到从头看到尾，才舍得放下。

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我昨天一直想联系上Tom，跟他确定一下会议的时间。