【句子】The woman's actually taken great pains to hide the monster she's become. 【Modern Family S3E17】

【发音技巧】woman's actually连读；great pains失去爆破；hide the不完全爆破；

【翻译】女人要费尽周折来压制身体里的魔鬼。

今天节目中，我们来学习一下这里take great pains to do sth.的用法；

在英文中，我们也可以说go to great pains to do sth.

这样的短语，可以用来表达：“费劲周折去做某事”

to make a lot of effort to do sth.

eg: I went to great pains to select the best staff available.

我煞费苦心去挑选出最好的工作人员。

eg: I had taken great pains to make the evening perfect.

我费了很大的劲才把今晚安排得完美。

eg: We took great pains to get there on time.

为了准时到那，我们费尽周折。

口语中我们也经常说take great pains with sb./sth.，这个短语可以理解成：

“花很多心思去和某个人相处、在某个人身上煞费苦心、对某件事情上心/煞费苦心”；

to deal with someone or something with great care

所以可以和上面的短语一起积累学习。

eg: He really took great pains with me to make sure I understood it all.

他对我费尽苦心，确保我都明白了。

eg: She takes great pains with the flower arrangements.

在花卉的安排上，她花了很多心思。

eg: I had taken great pains with my appearance.

我在自己的外表上下了很多功夫。

eg: Your tutor took great pains with your instruction, but it's obvious that you've totally wasted his time and our money!

你的家教老师在辅导你上，花了好多功夫。但是很显然你浪费了他的时间，和我们的钱。

eg: It's clear that the owners have taken great pains with the interior design of the new restaurant.

很显然，那家新餐馆的老板在室内装修上花了不少心思。

【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】

It looks easy but in fact he went to great pains to achieve that particular effect in his paintings.

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