Mom:No. Stephanie Hanson's daughter was in a car accident last night. She died.

Meemaw: Oh,no.

Mom: She was bearly 16.

Meemaw: Is there anything we can do?

Mom: I don't know. I need to call folks at the church.

Sheldon: Any more thoughts on Radio Shack?

Meemaw: Sheldon, do you really think this is the appropriate time to ask that question?

Sheldon: I did, but now I'm second-guessing myself.

Dad: How you holding up?

Mom: I'm okay.

Dad: 16 years old. It's just awful.

Mom: It's all part of God's plan.

看情境

谢尔顿想让姥姥带着去电器行，但是姥姥似乎并不情愿，一直找借口推脱，钻牛角尖的谢尔顿可不会就这么放过她老人家，一个劲儿的追问要定下来一个准确的时间，这里就用到了 nail down这个词链。

词链精解

nail down这个表达字面意思就是: 把XX钉牢

抽象的意思就是： （跟XX）敲定；最终确认；达成一致；做出决定; 板上钉钉...

例句1：

Hopefully the show will conclude with the actual wedding itself or at least get it fully nailed downfor us.

希望这部剧能以他们的婚礼结束，或者至少能让我们 确定他们已经板上钉钉了。

在这里，我们还可以用“ a sure thing/ that's a given来替换 nail down这个表达。所以句子可以改成下面这个样子：

Hopefully the show will conclude with the actual wedding itself or at least get it a sure thingfor us.

或

Hopefully the show will conclude with the actual wedding itself or make us believe that's a given.

例句2：

Two days isn’t enough time to nail down the details of an agreement.

两天不足以 敲定合同细节。

例句3：

She won't accept the invitation until those specific details nailed down.

那些 细节没确定之前她不会接受邀请。

那么文章开头的句子，你会翻译了吗？

我想跟你敲定一下具体细节。。

I want to nail down the specific details with you.

词链拓展

nail除了“钉子”的意思，还有“指甲”的意思，那么跟nail有关的实用表达还有哪些呢？

01.

a nail in somebody's/ something's coffin

XX事情中压死大象的最后一根稻草；导致XX失败的事物。

钉上XX棺材的钉子，显然，XX已经完全“死透了”。

例句：Her mother's words put the final nail in the coffin of her marriage.

她妈妈的话让她 彻底放弃了自己的婚姻。

02.

nail somebody down (to something)

迫使XX明确保证；迫使XX准确说出想做的事

例句：You need to nail her down to the specific detailsabout that day.

你得 让她说出那天的具体细节。

03.

do one's nails

修剪指甲；美甲

例句：You need to do your nailssince your teacher is gonna check them tomorrow.

如果老师明天检查的话，你就得 剪指甲了。

其它词链扩展

01.

（That's vague.）be more specific

（有点笼统）具体一点

例句：Your requirements of a boyfriend is too vague. Could you please be more specific. Like, how tall, how thin, what job,etc.

你对男朋友的要求太笼统， 能具体一些吗？比如：多高? 多瘦？什么工作等等。

02.

Any more thoughts on XX ？

关于XX还有什么想法吗？

例句： Any more thoughts onthe agreement？Since we need to nail it down before tomorrow.

对合同还有什么想法吗？因为我们需要在明天之前敲定它。

03.

be second guessing

现在不那么想了

例句：I thought that would be okay and now I'm like second guessing that.

我一开始觉得没什么，但 现在不那么想了。

04.

How you holding up?

你还好吧？

例句：I just got the horrible message. I am so sorry. How you holding up?

我刚刚得到这个噩耗。为你感到惋惜。 你还好吗？

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