【句子】Yes, but if his death has taught us anything, it's that life is short. It's dumb to play it safe. 【Desperate Housewives S2E7】

【发音技巧】but if连读+闪音；taught us连读+闪音；that life is不完全爆破+连读；play it连读；

【翻译】对，如果他的离开能让我们有所领悟的话，那应该是：“人生很短，我们要及时行乐。”

今天我们来学习一下这个说法，play it safe，

其实就指的是“不冒任何险；谨慎行事”；

to be careful and not take risks，在口语中it也可以被省略掉，直接说play safe也可以；

在口语中，我们也可以用just to be safe这样的短语来表达类似的意思，不过，句子成分不太一样。

eg: To play safe, I'd allow an extra ten minutes, just in case.

谨慎起见，我会再多留出10分钟，以防万一。

eg: You should play it safe and take your umbrella.

保险起见，你把雨伞带上。

eg: If you have a cold or the flu, play it safe and go to bed.

如果你患上了感冒或者流感，保险起见，去卧床休息吧。

eg: Let's play safe and get a backup in case the announced speaker gets sick.

安全起见，找一个备选的发言者吧，万一原定发言人生病了。

eg: I think you should have your car looked at by a mechanic before your big road trip. Better to play it safe than end up stuck in the middle of nowhere!

我觉得你应该安全起见，在你开启这次长途旅行之前，找一个机械师检查一下你的车，总比车坏在半路上前不着村后不着店好！

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Play safe—keep out of the sun in the middle of the day.

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