第一， 迷你對話
A: She lost it.
她輸了。
B: Really? How did you know the news?
真的嗎？你怎麼知道這個消息的？
A: The news is true, I am sure.
消息是真的，我相信。
B: What a pretty pass for one to come whose hopes had so recently run so high!
對一個最近抱著這麼大希望的人來說，這是多麼尷尬啊。
A: So you think to tell her now or left her know it later?
那麼，你認為是現在告訴他還是晚點告訴她？
B: I have no idea.
我不知道。
第二， 地道表達
pretty pass
1. 解詞釋義
Pretty pass的意思是“尷尬，困境”。
2. 拓展範例
e.g. Things have come to a pretty pass for us.
我們已陷入困境。
e.g. Things come to a pretty pass when children give orders to their parents.
當子女們向父母發號施令時，事情就變得十分糟糕了。
e.g. What has brought the firm to such a pretty pass?
什麼原因使公司陷入如此困境?
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