【跟着美剧练发音】美剧美语725期

M——Mary                       R——Robert

M:    Does this mean I’ll have to go into full mourning²?

R:     My first cousin      and his son are almost certainly dead.    We’ll all be in mourning.

M:    No,  I mean with the other thing.    After all, it wasn’t official.

R:     If you’re saying   you do not wish to mourn¹ Patrick as a fiancee, that is up to you.

M:    Well, no one knew about it outside the family.

R:     I repeat, it’s up to you.

M:    Well, that’s a relief.

1 mourn   

v.哀悼，忧伤，服丧

参考例句：

• We mourn over the child's death.我们悲悼这孩子的死。
• When the old woman had died,she had very few to mourn for her.那位老太婆去世的时候，没有什么人哀悼她。

2 mourning   

n.悲痛，哀悼；戴孝；服丧期

参考例句：

• He was still mourning his brother's death. 他仍然在为哥哥的去世而悲伤。
• The government announced a day of national mourning for the victims. 政府宣布全国为受害者哀悼一日。