"watch the world burn" 怎么发音

expression

US

WAHCH thuh WURLD BURN

UK

WOTCH thuh WURLED BURN

释义

To stand by and deliberately do nothing, or even feel satisfaction, while everything around gets worse or falls apart. It refers to someone who lets chaos happen, sometimes for personal amusement or out of hopelessness.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈwɑtʃ/, /ˈwɔtʃ/ /ˈðə/, /ðə/, /ði/ /ˈwɝɫd/ /ˈbɝn

英式英语

wˈɒtʃ/ /ðə, ði/ /wˈɜːld/ /bˈɜːn

简化发音

美式

WAHCH thuh WURLD BURN

英式

WOTCH thuh WURLED BURN

语境中听

Sometimes people just want to watch the world burn.

He laughed and said, 'Let's just watch the world burn.'

I can't believe you'd really just watch the world burn.

Sometimes, when things are out of control, all you can do is watch the world burn.