VOA慢速英语:Words and Their Stories: Losing It

短语讲解：

1. For weeks during the playing season, Tom hit a home run in every game the team played. But then suddenly he stopped hitting home runs. He could not hit the baseball at all.

home run本垒打
at all根本
例句：He isn’t tired at all. / He’s not at all tired.
他一点也不累。

2. One day he struck out three times in one game.

strike out三击未中击球员出局, 删去; 划掉
例句：He struck out the wrong word and put in the right one.
他划掉错别字换上正确的。

3. Then she remembered she had left her credit card at the store when she used it to pay for the dress.

credit card信用卡,签账卡
pay for为…付钱
例句：How much did you pay for the book?
那本书你付了多少钱?

4. Mary was angry with herself.

be angry with对(某人)生气
例句：She is angry with him.
她对他发怒。

5. Some believe it came from television programs popular in the nineteen eighties.

come from源自
例句：Knowledge comes from practice.
知识来自于实践。

6. Others believe it began with psychologists and psychiatrists who deal with how people think, feel and act.

begin with以…开始, 从…开始
例句：The teacher began his class with a question.
老师以一个问题开始他的讲课。
deal with论述, 涉及
例句：This book deals with life in the United States.
这本书谈的是美国的生活情况。

7. People may feel more like they are losing it when they are "down in the dumps."

down in the dumps垂头丧气, 情绪低落
Miki is sure down in the dumps these days.
米基这些天的确有些闷闷不乐。