连最基本的信任 都建立不起来
“and we can't even establish the most basic trust.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
积怨太多
“and a lot of resentment,”
连 最 基本的信任 都 建立不 起来
“and we can't even establish the most basic trust.”
还总是互相提防着
“We are always on guard against each other.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese culture, interpersonal harmony and functioning relationships fundamentally rely on mutual trust, without which social friction and defensive caution quickly emerge.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
basic trust
A frequent collocation used in both personal and professional contexts to describe foundational interpersonal faith.
unable to build or establish
A potential complement structure indicating the inability to achieve a successful outcome of building something.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“We don't even have basic trust anymore.”
“We don't even have the most basic trust.”
“that we don't even have this little bit of trust.”
“That's what mutual trust is about, isn't it?”
“between the two of us?”