syncopate
v[Tn usu passive 通常用於被动语态]
change (the rhythm or beats) in a piece of music so that a strong beat becomes weak and a weak beat becomes strong 切分(音乐的节奏或节拍)(使强弱倒置)
The song has a syncopated rhythm in the jazz version. 这首歌曲改编为爵士乐後采用了切分音节奏.
🗣️ 情景例句
It's seventy-five cents for adults and thirty cents for children under twelve.
大人75美分,12岁以下的小孩30分。
It takes two to make a quarrel.
要有两个人才吵得起来。
and because there is so much of it the function would seem to e important.