VOA慢速英语:Freudian Slip and Other Types of Psychobabble(翻译)

短语讲解：

1. Each week, we tell about and explain sayings in American English.

tell about 讲述; 告诉（某人）有关…的情况           
例句：He had learned how to tell about them.
他早已学会了如何评论她们。

2. Freud and his work on unconscious, suppressed desires also led to several new expressions.

lead to 导致; 把…带到; 领到
例句：Economic models often lead to the study of systems of equations.
经济模型经常导致对方程组的研究。

3. The superego is the part that relates to ideas about what is right and wrong and to feelings of guilt.

relate to 涉及; 同…有…关系; 与…协调
例句：All these questions relate to philosophy.
这些问题都跟哲学有关。

4. To stroke someone’s ego is to praise them in order to get what you want.

in order to 为了
例句：In order to catch up with in time he run very fast.
为了及时赶到他跑得很快。