【绝望的主妇】猜猜看，show sb. the door是什么意思？
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【句子】Some reversed roles. Some were shown the door. And some never got the chance to find out what they really wanted.  【Desperate Housewives S2E8】

【发音】/sʌm/ /rɪˈvɜː(r)st/ /rəʊlz/ /sʌm/ /wɜː(r)/ /ʃəʊn/ /ðə/ /dɔː(r)/ /ənd/ /sʌm/ /ˈnev.ə(r)/ /gɒt/ /gɑːt/ /ðə/ /tʃɑːns/ /tʃæns/ /tʊ/ /faɪnd/ /aʊt/ /wɒt/ /wɑːt/ /ðeɪ/ /ˈrɪə.li/ /ˈriː.əli/ /ˈwɒn.tɪd/ /ˈwɑːn.tɪd/

【发音技巧】reversed roles不完全爆破；And some不完全爆破；got the不完全爆破；find out连读；what they不完全爆破； 

【翻译】有的人互换了家庭角色。有的人被拒之门外。有的人，再也没有机会发现自己内心真正渴望的是什么。

【适用场合】

今天节目中我们一起来学习一下这段旁白当中出现的短语。

1. reverse roles可以理解成：“互换角色”；

to exchange the roles of two people

eg: It felt as if we had reversed our roles of parent and child.

感觉就像我们父母和孩子交换了角色一样。

eg: He's always taught me, but now the roles are reversed and I can teach him.

一直以来都是他教我，但是现在情况变了，我们角色互换了，我可以教他了。

2. show sb. the door，这个短语字面的意思是：“把门展示给某个人看”；

其实引申意味很好理解：“要求某个人离开，因为他/她不受欢迎”；

to ask sb. to leave, because they are no longer welcome

eg: When I told the bank that I wanted to borrow $100,000 they showed me the door.

当我告诉银行我想借10万美元时，他们直接让我走人。

eg: Thank you so much for coming in for the interview. John, would you please show Mr. Porter the door?

感谢您来参加这次面试，约翰，你能送波特先生出去吗？

eg: I hadn't even finished my proposal before the bosses showed me the door.

我的提案还没有完成，老板们就让我出去。

【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】

 I never should have listened to him. I should have shown him the door at once. （虚拟语气）