【句子】Get ready to eat some crow!

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【发音技巧】Get ready不完全爆破；eat some不完全爆破；

【翻译】准备好被羞辱吧！

今天我们学习一个短语，叫做eat crow，

啧啧，“吃乌鸦”这个短语是这个意思吗？

我们来看看对应的英文解释：

这个是一个非常美式的口语，

表达的意思是：

to admit that you were wrong about sth.

或者

to admit that one is wrong, usually when doing so triggers great embarrassment or shame

“承认自己之前说错了/做错了，（尤其是承认自己错了会带来极大的尴尬、羞辱感的时候）”；

eg: Ugh, now that my idea has failed, I'll have to eat crow in the board meeting tomorrow.

哈，既然我的点子失败了，明天董事会上我就只能承认自己之前判断失误了。

eg: I think Ellen is a perfectionist because the thought of having to eat crow terrifies her.

我觉得Ellen是个完美主义者，因为一想到要承认自己之前错了，她就很恐惧。

eg: Well, it looks like I was wrong, and I'm going to have to eat crow.

好吧，看起来之前是我错了，现在我不得不认错了。

eg: I'll be eating crow if I'm not shown to be right.

如果事实证明我不对，我就丢人丢大发了。

eg: When the reporter got the facts all wrong, his editor made him eat crow.

那位记者把事实搞错了，他的编辑狠狠地让他出了一次丑/他的编辑让他承认自己做错了。

在英文中你也可以说eat dirt或者eat humble pie，都可以表达类似的意思：

to be forced to admit a humiliating mistake

不得不承认一个让人觉得很羞辱的错误；

eg: I think I'm right, but if I'm wrong, I'll eat humble pie.

我觉得我是对的，但是如果我错了的话，我会承认我自己错了。

eg: You think I can't get an A in this class, but I'll make you eat dirt when we get our report cards!

你觉得我这门课拿不到A的成绩，但是成绩出来的时候我会让你承认你之前说错了。

【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】

I didn't want to eat crow the rest of my life if my theories were wrong.

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