Meaning
Today's Sentences
- I didn’t mean it. I take it back.
- This old song takes me back to our summer road trips.
- Writer's Note
01
I didn’t mean it. I take it back.
Situation
Did you seriously just say my cooking tastes like cardboard?
您真的剛剛說我的料理嚐起來像「cardboard」嗎？
I didn’t mean it.
I take it back.
我不是故意的。
我收回剛才的話。
我收回剛才的話。
Too late.
The spaghetti is now emotionally unavailable.
太晚了。
這份義大利麵現在已經情感上無法提供。
這份義大利麵現在已經情感上無法提供。
Tell it I’m sorry and I’ll bring garlic bread as a peace offering.
告訴它我很抱歉，我會帶蒜香麵包作為和解的禮物。
02
This old song takes me back to our summer road trips.
Situation
Hey, listen!
They’re playing our song!
嘿，聽！
他們正在播放我們的歌！
他們正在播放我們的歌！
This old song takes me back to our summer road trips.
這首老歌讓我回想起我們的夏日公路旅行。
Windows down and singing off-key.
將車窗搖下，隨意唱著歌。
I think we even took the extra long route, just to keep the music going.
我想我們甚至選擇了額外的長路線，只是為了讓音樂繼續播放。
Writer's Note
"Take back" is a transitive and separable phrasal verb.
「Take back」是一個及物且可分的片語動詞。
- Transitive - Requires an object in the phrase for the sentence to make sense.
Example 1: That song really takes me back to high school.
Example 2: We took back the curtains and exchanged them for a different style.
Example 3: He took back what he said about the team. - Separable - An object can be placed between the particle "take" and the verb "back".
Example 1: I took the shoes back because they didn’t fit.
Example 2: The smell of rain takes me back to childhood summers.
Example 3: That photo takes me back to my first year abroad.
及物動詞 - 需要在句中有受詞才能使句子有意義。
例子 1: 那首歌讓我回到高中時期。
例子 2: 我們退回了那些窗簾並換了一種不同的款式。
例子 3: 他收回了他對團隊的言論。
例子 1: 那首歌讓我回到高中時期。
例子 2: 我們退回了那些窗簾並換了一種不同的款式。
例子 3: 他收回了他對團隊的言論。
可分離 - 可以在「take」和動詞「back」之間放置一個對象。
範例 1: I took the shoes back because they didn’t fit.
範例 2: The smell of rain takes me back to childhood summers.
範例 3: That photo takes me back to my first year abroad.
範例 1: I took the shoes back because they didn’t fit.
範例 2: The smell of rain takes me back to childhood summers.
範例 3: That photo takes me back to my first year abroad.
Related Words: Apologize, cancel, disavow, recant, recall, reclaim, recoup, redress, refute, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, undo, withdraw.
相關詞彙: Apologize, cancel, disavow, recant, recall, reclaim, recoup, redress, refute, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, undo, withdraw.
