"scratch the surface" 怎么发音

expression

US

ˈskɹætʃ/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈsɝfəs

SKRATCH thuh SUR-fuss

UK

skɹˈætʃ/ /ðə, ði/ /sˈɜːfɪs

skr-ATCH thuh SUR-fiss

释义

To only begin to understand or deal with something, without going deeply or fully into it. It means touching on only the most obvious or simple parts of a subject or problem.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈskɹætʃ/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈsɝfəs

英式英语

skɹˈætʃ/ /ðə, ði/ /sˈɜːfɪs

简化发音

美式

SKRATCH thuh SUR-fuss

英式

skr-ATCH thuh SUR-fiss

语境中听

We only scratched the surface of this topic in the first lesson.

Reading one article will only scratch the surface of the issue.

Scientists have only begun to scratch the surface of this mysterious disease.

I've watched a few documentaries on space, but I know I've only scratched the surface.