介绍:
【句子】Yes, yes. I know my husband and I went through a downsizing phase, but we’ve snapped out of it. 【Desperate Housewives S1E20】
【发音】
【发音技巧】husband and I两处连读；went through不完全爆破；through a连读；but we’ve类似不完全爆破的处理；snapped out of it三处连读；out of闪音；
【翻译】是啊是啊，我知道我和我的丈夫经历了一段时间的低谷期，不过我们已经走出来了。
【适用场合】
今天这段台词，会有一些难度。
首先，说一下什么叫做downsize，
当动词使用，可表示“以较小尺寸设计或制造, 裁减员工人数”的意思；
to make a company or organization smaller by reducing the number of workers
eg: You need to downsize your company.
你得将你的公司缩小规模。（你得裁员。）
eg: The plight of the Asian economy is forcing businesses to downsize.
亚洲经济的困境使得各个公司不得不缩小规模。
eg: American manufacturing organizations have been downsizing their factories.
美国的制造企业一直以来都在缩小他们的工厂规模。
当做不及物动词，可以表示：：
to undergo a reduction in size
“经历一次在规模方面的减量、减小”
phase大家都知道，可以表示阶段。当做stage的近义词；
那么downsizing phase就是指：“节衣缩食的阶段”“手头紧的阶段”“经济不景气的阶段”等等这样的意思。
接下来再来说一下什么叫做snap out of it，
或者snap out of sth.
这个表达的意思是：“逼自己从负面情绪中走出来、恢复；振作起来；”
来看一下英文解释：
to force yourself to stop feeling sad and upset
eg: He just can't snap out of the depression he's had since his wife died.
自从他的妻子过世，他一直走不出那种压抑的情绪。
eg: Now come on, snap out of it. Losing that money isn't the end of the world.
现在好了，别难受了。那笔钱丢了也不是世界末日。
eg: Alex has been really gloomy lately. I hope he snaps out of it soon, because we'll need him to present our project to the supervisor next week.
Alex最近一直很消沉。我希望他能快点走出来，因为我们还需要他下个礼拜在监管人面前展示我们的项目计划呢！
eg: For heaven’s sake, Ann, snap out of it! Things aren’t that bad!
我的个老天爷啊！Ann，振作一点吧！事态也没那么糟糕！
eg: She wouldn’t talk to anyone for days, but her friends helped snap her out of it.
那些天她不愿意和任何人说话，但是她的朋友们帮助她走出了困境。
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The company is hoping to snap out of their recent sales slump with the launch of their latest smart phone.
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