本来嘛,最高法院明明只有9个大法官,我却很无知地非说有11个,最后也只好忍气吞声地承认自己错了。You had to swallow my pride and admitted that I was wrong. Yes, I did.
在下面这个例子里,意大利厨师罗伯特好象跟我有类似遭遇。不过人家处理得可比我强多了。我们一起听。
例句-1:Chef Roberto has received almost every honor for his Italian cooking. Yet, despite his years of experience, he accidentally cut his finger on live television last week. He could have pretended that nothing had happened. Instead he swallowed his pride, joking that even he makes mistakes from time to time.
例句-2:When my seven-year-old nephew begged me to play chess, I indulged him. My plan was to let him take out a few of my pieces to build his confidence. Imagine when he checkmated me within four moves! That was humiliating. I'm not used to swallowing my pride, but I had to admit defeat and congratulate him.