Lost Cause – Bilingual Lyrics English/Chinese

• By: Beck

Lyrics & Translation

Beck's 'Lost Cause' offers a poignant entry point for language learners, with its clear, introspective lyrics and understated delivery providing an accessible way to engage with English expressions of sadness and acceptance. The song's emotional depth and acoustic simplicity make it a beautiful and relatable piece for understanding nuanced feelings in the language.

[Chinese]

你那可怜的眼神，刺透骨髓

让人难以离开你

让你留在这里，身披伤口

把枪指向新人

亲爱的，你迷失了

亲爱的，你迷失了

亲爱的，你是个无药可救的

你过去熟识的人太多了

他们看到你来了，也看到你走了

他们了解你的秘密，你也了解他们的

这座城镇疯狂，却没人关心

亲爱的，你迷失了

亲爱的，你迷失了

亲爱的，你是个无药可救的

我已厌倦了争斗

我已厌倦了争斗

为一场注定失败的斗争而战

有一个地方正等着你去

你从未去过那里

现在没有人在你背后嘲笑

没有人在你门口等你

这就是你以为爱情的意义吗？

亲爱的，你迷失了

亲爱的，你迷失了

亲爱的，你是个无药可救的

我已厌倦了争斗

我已厌倦了争斗

为一场注定失败的斗争而战

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[English]

Your sorry eyes, they cut through bone

Make it hard to leave you alone

Leave you here wearing your wounds

Waving your guns at somebody new

Baby, you're lost

Baby, you're lost

Baby, you're a lost cause

There's too many people you used to know

They see you coming, they see you go

They know your secrets, and you know theirs

This town is crazy, but nobody cares

Baby, you're lost

Baby, you're lost

Baby, you're a lost cause

I'm tired of fightin'

I'm tired of fightin'

Fighting for a lost cause

There's a place where you are goin'

You ain't never been before

There's no one laughing at your back now

No one standing at your door

Is that what you thought love was for?

Baby, you're lost

Baby, you're lost

Baby, you're a lost cause

I'm tired of fightin'

I'm tired of fightin'

Fighting for a lost cause

Key Grammar Structures

• Your sorry eyes, they cut through bone

  ➔ 主语-谓语-宾语 (SVO) 和形容词的位置

  ➔ 遵循基本句型 (SVO)。形容词 "sorry" 修饰名词 "eyes".

• Make it hard to leave you alone

  ➔ 使役动词 "make" + 形容词 + 不定式从句

  ➔ "Make" 被用作使役动词，影响 "it" 的状态。不定式从句 "to leave you alone" 表达动作。

• Leave you here wearing your wounds

  ➔ 动词 + 宾语 + 现在分词

  ➔ 动词 "leave" 后面跟着宾语 "you" 和现在分词 "wearing"，表示正在进行的动作。

• Waving your guns at somebody new

  ➔ 现在分词作为形容词修饰名词

  ➔ "Waving" 充当一个修饰语，描述了 "guns" 的使用方式，或者更准确地说，修饰了动作。

• Baby, you're lost

  ➔ 主语-谓语-形容词 (SVA) 和系动词

  ➔ 该句子使用系动词 ("are") 将主语 "you" 连接到形容词 "lost"。

• There's too many people you used to know

  ➔ 存在句型 "there" + 动词 (be) + 量词 + 关系从句

  ➔ 句子以 "there" 开头表示存在。"Too many" 量化了 "people"，而 "you used to know" 是一个关系从句。

• They see you coming, they see you go

  ➔ 现在进行时 (coming/going) 用于描述正在进行的动作或事件。

  ➔ 现在进行时用来描述来去这两个动作，赋予了它们一种被观察的感觉。

• Is that what you thought love was for?

  ➔ 主谓倒装、疑问词 & 主语-谓语-补语 (SVC)

  ➔ 一个问题是通过倒装形成的。主语是 "that"，"love" 是补语。

• I'm tired of fightin'

  ➔ 形容词 "tired" + 介词短语 "of fighting"。介词后的动名词。

  ➔ "Tired" 描述了主语的状态。介词 "of" 引入了动名词 "fighting"，它充当介词的宾语。