【句子】Last night was two old friends helping each other through a rough patch. That's it. 【Desperate Housewives S2E7】

【发音技巧】Last night不完全爆破；old friends不完全爆破；each other连读；through a连读；That's it连读；

今天我们来学习一下这个短语：a rough patch；

在英文中patch的意思很多，可以理解成：“补丁、一小部分、一小块布；一小块土地”等等这样的意思；

而在这个短语a rough patch当中，patch可以理解成：a period of time“一段时间”；

所以整个短语的意思就是：a period of trouble, difficulty, or hardship“一段困难的时期；”

eg: Almost every new business experiences a rough patch at some point or another.

几乎每个新业务都会在这样或者那样的时刻经历一些困难。

eg: Our marriage went through a rough patch after Frank lost his job, but now, we love each other more than ever.

在弗兰克丢了工作以后，我们的婚姻经历了一段很困难的时期，但是现在，我们都更爱彼此了。

eg: All marriages have their rough patches.

每段婚姻都会碰到不如意的时候。

eg: The company I work for went through a rough patch.

我工作的公司曾经经历了一段困难的时期。

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If you and Janet are fighting every single day, that sounds worse than just a rough patch—it might be time to end things.

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