【句子】And saying nothing is not lying, okay? It’s just letting the truth speak for itself. 【ModernFamilyS3E09】

【发音技巧】And saying不完全爆破；not lying不完全爆破；just letting不完全爆破+闪音；speak for不完全爆破；itself不完全爆破；

【翻译】沉默不是撒谎，好吗？只是让真相自然而然显露出来而已。

今天我们来学习一下什么叫做speak for itself，

它可以用来表达：“不言而喻；有目共睹”这样的意思；

口语里你也可以根据情况说speak for themselves；

对应的英文解释：

to be so easy to see and understand that you do not need to say anything else about it/them

eg: Recent events speak for themselves.

最近发生的事情说明了一切。

eg: Her success as a lawyer speaks for itself.

她作为一名律师，是非常成功的，这是有目共睹的。

eg: The facts speak for themselves. Tom is guilty.

事实不言而喻，Tom是有罪的。

eg: Your results speak for themselves. You need to work harder.

你的结果已经不言而喻了，你需要更努力才行。

eg: The expressions on their faces spoke for themselves — they hated the song.

他们脸上的表情说明了一切：他们讨厌那首歌。

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I think my work these past few months speaks for itself and makes me more than qualified for this position.

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