【绝望的主妇】“每个记者都想在这次报道中夺得先机。”

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【句子】We need to jump on this. Time is of the essence. 【Desperate Housewives S1E11】
【发音】[wi:] [ni:d] [tʊ] [dʒʌmp] [ɒn]/[ɑ:n] [ðɪs] [taɪm] [ɪz] [əv] [ði:] [ˈesəns]
【发音技巧】need to完全失去爆破；jump on连读；time is of连读；the读音；
【翻译】我们得抓紧，时间宝贵。
【适用场合】
jump n. & v. 跳跃
比如说：
high jump 跳高
long jump 跳远

今天学一些不一样的意思。
jump n. 先机；领先地位
a chance to do something before someone else.
常见是和动词get, have 或者give来搭配。get ahead of sb.
eg: Each reporter is trying to get the jump on the others with the story about the earthquake.
每位记者都想比其他同行更早地报道这次地震。
每位记者都想在这次地震报道中夺得先机。

jump on sb. 对某人发火；骂某人；
to become very angry at (someone) ; to angrily criticize or shout at (someone)
eg: The teacher jumped on us for being late.
因为我们迟到了，老师发火骂了我们一顿。

eg: The coach jumped on him for not playing hard enough.
因为他训练不够刻苦，教练骂了他一顿。

jump on sth. 很快着手做某事
to get involved in something very quickly.
eg: Jump onto that story now and get it done for tonight's edition.
赶紧把这篇故事写出来，今晚的这版要用。

eg: It sounds like a good business opportunity. We can’t wait. Let’s just jump on it.
听起来是个不错的商业机遇啊，我们简直迫不及待了，着手操作起来吧。

of + 抽象名词
经常理解为描述人/物特征意思类似形容词
eg: His words are of no use. = His words are useless.
他说的话毫无意义。

eg: He is a man of wisdom. = He is a wise man.
他是一个聪明人。/ 他是一个很有智慧的人。

那么什么叫做 of the essence?
相当于 of the utmost importance
至关重要
eg: Speed is of the essence in a project of this type.
在这种类型的项目中，速度就是一切。

【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】
As soon as he heard about our offer, he jumped on it.