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[영어독립365/W29D1] What if I was wrong.

by 김멍뭉씨 2022. 12. 15.
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[W29D1] What if I was wrong?

What if I was wrong?
내가 틀렸으면 어떡하지?

자신의 행동이 틀렸으면 어떡하지 하고 걱정하거나 의심할 때 쓰는 표현이다.

 

  • What if I'm wrong? If so, it will be so embarrassing.
    내가 틀렸으면 어쩌지? 만약 그러면 너무 부끄러울 거야.

 

[Helpful Tip!]

  • embarrassing : 난처한, 당혹스러운
  • what if : 만약에

[멍뭉's Story]

오늘의 내용은

What if I was wrong로 검색하면 너무 제한적이다.

여기에서 what if 뒤의 내용을 변형하면 다양한 문장이 나온다.

~라면 어떡하지?, ~라면 어떻게 될까? 정도가 되겠다.

 

What if we cut the defense budget to give Americans inflation relief?
미국인에게 인플레이션을 완화하기위해 국방 예산을 삭감하면 어떻게 될까?

 

What if we cut the defense budget to give Americans inflation relief? - Responsible Statecraft

The cost of new stimulus checks would leave the DoD's spending levels about where they were a year before Trump took office.

responsiblestatecraft.org

 

What if You Could Go to the Hospital … at Home?
집에서 병원에 갈 수 있다면 어떻게 될까?

 

What if You Could Go to the Hospital … at Home?

Hospital-at-home care is an increasingly common option, and it is often a safer one for older adults. But the future of the approach depends on federal action.

www.nytimes.com



What if work is making us sick?
일이 우리를 아프게 만든다면?

 

What if work is making us sick?

While employment has become less physically dangerous, it seems to have become more psychologically harmful

www.ft.com

 

What If Extinction Wasn’t Forever?
만약 멸종이 영원하지 않다면?

 

What If Extinction Wasn't Forever?

At the frontier of conservation, scientists are learning how to bring back "functionally extinct" species using cryogenically frozen cells from the past.

reasonstobecheerful.world

  • At the frontier of conservation, scientists are learning how to bring back “functionally extinct” species using cryogenically frozen cells from the past.
    보호의 최전선에서, 과학자들은 극저온 냉동 세포를 사용해 "기능적으로 멸종된" 종을 되살리는 방법을 배우고 있다.

음... 이 기사의 제목은 직역보다는 의역을 해서

'만약 멸종을 막을수 있다면?'으로 하는게 자연스러울 것 같다.

 

[멍뭉's Helpful Tip!]

  • extinction : 멸종
  • conservation : 보호, 보존

 

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