【句子】Maybe it’s time you stood up for yourself. 【Desperate Housewives S02E02】

【发音技巧】stood up for 连读+不完全爆破；

【翻译】也许是时候该维护一下自己的利益了。

今天节目中，我们讲一下这个表达，叫做stand up for oneself，这个短语的字面意思是：

“为自己而站起来”，

我们来看看引申义：to defend oneself from physical or verbal assault or intimidation

保护、守护自己不受到身体上的或者是语言上的攻击或者威胁；

eg: Don't be bullied. Learn to stand up for yourself and what you believe in.

别被欺负了，学着维护自己的利益和信仰。

eg: You have to learn to stand up for yourself.

你得学会维护自己的利益。

eg: With five older brothers I soon learned to stand up for myself.

由于我有五个哥哥，我很快就学会了维护自己的利益。

eg: He's a big boy - I'm sure he can stand up for himself.

他是个大孩子了，我相信他能维护自身利益的。

其实口语中你也可以说stand up for someone/something，指的意思是：“为某个人/事物挺身而出”；

to defend or support a particular idea or a person who is being criticized or attacked

eg: It's high time we all stood up for our rights around here.

到了我们该维护自己的这些利益的时候了。

eg: You have to stand up for your rights - you can't let them walk all over you.

你得自己维护自己的利益啊，你不能让他们践踏你的利益。

eg: Always stand up for your friends.

永远维护你朋友的利益。

【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】

I learned how to stand up for myself early on in life.

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