【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语751期

A:Megan’s memorial outside is growing by the minute.

B:Ugh.College kids are so dramatic.She was on campus for,like ,one day.She couldn’t have made that many friends.

A:Caroline,she’s dead.You can stop competing with her.

B:Sorry,I’m in a mood.

A:You talked to Tyler?

B:He’s deferring¹（ [dɪ'fɜː]延迟） from enrolling（登记入学） and deferring from returning my phone calls,so I’m deferring from having sex with him ever again.

How’s the snooping going?Any explanation why our vervain-laced...vampire²-slaughtered （ ['slɔːtə]屠杀）roommate had a picture of my dad on her phone?

A:NO.

B:Oh!I went by the hospital this morning.Megan’s death certificate（ [sə'tɪfɪkət]执照，证书）.It says she died of suicide.No mention of the gaping³ vampire （ ['væmpaɪə] 吸血鬼）bites on her neck.So whoever signed off on the cause of death was part of the cover-up,just like the founders⁴ council back home.

1 deferring   

v.拖延，延缓，推迟( defer的现在分词 )；服从某人的意愿，遵从

参考例句：

• Recently, the Supreme Court has focused on an additional reason for deferring to administrative agencies. 最近，最高法院强调了尊重行政机构的另一种理由。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• Think of it as deferring part of the compiler's job to runtime. 可以认为这是将编译器的部分工作延迟到了运行时。 来自互联网

2 vampire   

n.吸血鬼

参考例句：

• It wasn't a wife waiting there for him but a blood sucking vampire!家里的不是个老婆，而是个吸人血的妖精！
• Children were afraid to go to sleep at night because of the many legends of vampire.由于听过许多有关吸血鬼的传说，孩子们晚上不敢去睡觉。

3 gaping   

adj.口的；张口的；敞口的；多洞穴的v.目瞪口呆地凝视( gape的现在分词 )；张开，张大

参考例句：

• Ahead of them was a gaping abyss. 他们前面是一个巨大的深渊。
• The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws. 那只羚羊无法从鱷鱼张开的大口中逃脱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 founders   

n.创始人( founder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was one of the founders of the university's medical faculty. 他是该大学医学院的创建人之一。 来自辞典例句
• The founders of our religion made this a cornerstone of morality. 我们宗教的创始人把这看作是道德的基石。 来自辞典例句