每日一句口语 389

（单词翻译）

今天的每日一句是：

When you feel like giving up, remember why you held on for so long in the first place.

每当想要放弃，就想想一直以来是为了什么去坚持。

Notes:

1. feel

vt. 感觉；认为；触摸；试探

vt.& vi. 感觉，觉得；认为，以为；触摸

n. 感觉；触摸；感受；触觉

vi. 觉得；摸索

常见搭配：

get the feel of sth.

掌握某事物

have a feel for

对...有天才

how it feels

是什么滋味, 意味着什么

it feels like

好象要...; 似乎是...

make ...felt

使...让人认识清楚

feel after

摸索, 寻找；揣摩, 探寻

feel as if

觉得, 仿佛

2.in the first place

首先，从一开始；压根儿；固；当初

eg.

Why did you choose basketball in the first place?

你为何首先选择篮球呢?

In the first place there was dreadful line to be drawn¹.

首先，必须划一条令人很不痛快的界限。