2019.01.11

周五 Friday

exclude?/iks'klu:d/?

v. 排除

One?of the biggest surprises of this time's Grammy nominations announcement was the absence of Taylor Swift from the main categories, with the singer?excluded?from the record, song and album of the year races.
這次格萊美獎提名中最令人吃驚的地方應(yīng)該就是Taylor Swift在主要獎項里的缺席了，這位歌手在最佳唱片、最佳單曲和最佳專輯的角逐中都沒有被提名。

This?wasn’t what any Grammys race-watchers were expecting to happen, considering that Swift has won more albums of the year over the past decade than any other artist except Adele, taking home the ceremony’s biggest award in 2010 for her “Fearless” album and again in 2016 for “1989.”
這可不是很多看格萊美獎的人想看到的，更何況Taylor Swift在過去10年中獲得的最佳專輯獎基本比其他任何藝術(shù)家都多，僅次于Adele。Taylor在2010年以它的專輯“Fearless”獲得了這項格萊美最高獎項，又在2016年用專輯“1989”再次獲得。

Her?November 2017 album “Reputation” missed the cutoff for the 2018 Grammys, which aired on Jan. 28, and was instead eligible for the 2019 awards, which airs next year on Feb. 10.
她2017年的專輯“Reputation”由于上架時間原因沒能獲準(zhǔn)角逐1月28日的2018年的格萊美獎，只能參加次年2月10日的2019年格萊美獎。

That?seemed like a blessing in disguise for Swift, as the similarly Grammys-beloved Bruno Mars went on to sweep the record, song and album of the year categories at the 2018 awards.
這可能也是因禍得福，因為同樣身為格萊美寵兒的火星哥在2018年格萊美上橫掃了最佳唱片、最佳單曲和最佳專輯的門類。

With?“Reputation” competing in the 2019 Grammys instead, Swift seemed destined for an album of the year nomination, with her single “Delicate” predicted to land among the song and record of the year contenders.
本來，她的專輯“Reputation”似乎注定要拿下2019年格萊美的最佳專輯提名，她的單曲“Delicate”也被預(yù)測會拿下最佳單曲和最佳唱片。

Instead,?“Reputation” earned only one nomination, for best pop vocal album, becoming Swift’s first album of her pop-music era not to receive an album of the year nod.
然而，“Reputation”只獲得了一項提名——最佳流行聲樂專輯，這讓它成為了Taylor流行音樂生涯中第一張沒有獲得最佳專輯提名的專輯。

Swift’s?surprising absence in the main categories is reminiscent of last year’s Grammy nominations, when Ed Sheeran, who was also thought at the time to be a shoo-in for the ceremony’s biggest awards, got totally shut out from the album, artist and record of the year categories.
霉霉這次在主競賽門類的缺席讓人聯(lián)想起去年的格萊美，當(dāng)時黃老板Ed Sheeran本來也被認(rèn)為是十拿九穩(wěn)能獲得最高獎項的，但他最終卻完全被最佳專輯、最佳歌手和最佳唱片拒之門外。

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今日詞匯

exclude?/iks'klu:d/?

v. 排除

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這個詞是 include 的反義詞，include 表示“包括”，exclude 表示“排除在外”，與 from 連用。

Try excluding fat from your diet.
平時進(jìn)食的時候試試避免食用脂肪。

另外它也表示“排除……的可能性”：

例如：

The police have excluded theft as a motive for the murder.
對于這起謀殺案的動機(jī)，警方已經(jīng)排除了盜竊這一可能性。

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