【绝望的主妇】“嘿，你别说，还真有可能是他干的。”
英语老师瑶瑶
【句子】-- So, what are you saying, that the twins murdered Martha?
-- Well, I wouldn’t put it past them. 【Desperate Housewives S1E15】
【发音】[səʊ] [wɒt]/[wɑ:t] [ɑ:(r)] [ju:] ['seɪɪŋ] [ðæt] [ðə] [twɪnz] [ˈmɜ:(r).də(r)d] [ˈmɑ:(r)θə]
[wel] [aɪ] [ˈwʊdənt] [pʊt] [ɪt] [pɑ:st]/[pæst] [ðəm]
【发音技巧】what are连读+美音浊化；that the不完全失去爆破；murdered Martha不完全失去爆破；wouldn’t put it 完全失去爆破+连读+美音浊化；past them不完全失去爆破；
【翻译】-- 所以，你是说，你觉得是双胞胎杀了Martha吗？
-- 我不会排除他们的嫌疑。
【适用场合】
今天这个表达not put it past someone (to do something)
经常用在什么场合：
你觉得那个坏事是……干的吗？
唔…我可不会排除他的嫌疑。
It is used for saying that you think someone is capable of doing something bad or dishonest
或者If you say that you wouldn't put it past someone to do something bad, you mean that you would not be surprised if they did it.
基于你对某个人的了解，他要真做了这坏事儿，也不意外。
eg: -- Do you think Joe stole the money?
-- Honestly, I wouldn't put it past him. He has no conscience.
你觉得是不是Joe偷了那笔钱？
实话说，我不会排除他的嫌疑，毕竟他没什么道德。
eg: I wouldn’t put it past him to steal from his own family.
我不排除他从自己家里偷东西的可能性。
eg: He wouldn't put it past Caroline to have stopped work and gone home for the night, even though she knew how important it was.
他不排除这个可能性：尽管Caroline心中清楚这项工作有多么重要，但是她那天晚上没继续工作，而是直接回家了。
And I prefer not to tie up the line.
而且，我也不想占线报警电话。
tie up
这个短语的意思比较多，今天我只挑选和关键句意思相关的表达来讲解。
1. to keep someone busy, occupied, or engaged
让某个人十分忙碌，没有空闲
eg: The meeting tied up the entire staff for most of the afternoon.
这个会议占用了全体员工下午大部分的时间。
eg: I just have a couple of questions, so I won't tie you up for too long.
我只有几个问题，所以我不会占用您太久的时间。
2. to block, impede, or delay something.
阻碍某事；延误；
eg: The construction has been tying up traffic on Main Street for nearly a year now.
施工已经让这条主干道近一年来都不得以正常通行。
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They've tied our application up in court, so we haven't made any real progress lately.
