【绝望的主妇】“那个提案从一开始就注定会失败。”
英语老师瑶瑶
【句子】No, I'm telling you, this day care thing is a non-starter. 【Desperate Housewives S2E10】
【发音】/nəʊ/ /aɪm/ /ˈtelɪŋ/ /juː/ /ðɪs/ /deɪ/ /keə(r)/ /θɪŋ/ /ɪz/ /ə/ /ˌnɒnˈstɑːtə/ /ˌnɑːnˈstɑːr.tər/
【发音技巧】is a连读； non-starter闪音；
【翻译】 不，我跟你说，这个日托肯定没戏。
【适用场合】
今天我们来学习一下non-starter的用法。
来看看对应的英文解释：an idea, plan or person with no chance of success；在中文中可以理解成为“从一开始就不可能的事情；根本行不通、没戏的想法/计划”；
eg: The proposal was a non-starter from the beginning because there was no possibility of funding.
那个提案从一开始就注定会失败，因为根本没有资金支持的可能性。
eg: As a business proposition, it's a non-starter.
作为商业计划，这根本行不通。
eg: The United States is certain to reject the proposal as a non-starter.
美国肯定会以该提案注定失败为由予以拒绝。
eg: Some of the points that she put were indeed non-starters but some of them were really quite reasonable.
她提出的观点中，有些确实根本不成立，但有些其实相当合理。
eg: I know you worked really hard on that proposal, but it's a non-starter - the committee refuses to even consider it.
我知道你为了那个提案付出了多少努力，但它根本不会被接受——委员会甚至拒绝予以考虑。
eg: You want to be a doctor? Boy, that's a non-starter - you can't even handle the sight of blood!
你想当一名医生？小伙子，那可没戏，你连见血都受不了。
【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】
I wouldn't have too much faith in Bobby - he's a nonstarter, and this business will probably just become another in a long line of failures for him.
