"back to square one" 怎么发音
expression
ˈbæk/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/ /ˈskwɛɹ/ /ˈwən
BAK-tuh-SKWAIR-wuhn
bˈæk/ /tˈuː/ /skwˈeə/ /wˈɒn
BAK-tuh-SKWAIR-won
释义
If you are back to square one, you have to start something over from the beginning because your previous attempt failed or was pointless.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈbæk/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ/ /ˈskwɛɹ/ /ˈwən
英式英语
bˈæk/ /tˈuː/ /skwˈeə/ /wˈɒn
简化发音
美式
BAK-tuh-SKWAIR-wuhn
英式
BAK-tuh-SKWAIR-won
语境中听
After losing all my work, I had to go back to square one.
The project failed, so we're back to square one.
If your plan doesn’t work, just go back to square one and try again.
We accidentally deleted the file, so now it's back to square one for us.