每日精读学习表达——I had a black dog, his name was depression（5）

My biggest fear was being found out,l worried that people judge me.

我最害怕的是被人知道，我担心别人会议论我。

“was being found out”是过去进行时＋被动语态结构，“我有忧郁症的真相正处于被别人发现的过程中”。

Because of the shame and stigma of the black dog , l was worried about being found out.

由于黑狗带来的羞愧与耻辱，我总是担心被人知道。

stigma  n.  耻辱;污名

英文释义:If something has a stigma attached to it, people think it is something to be ashamed of.

There is a strong argument for remaining an unmarried mother. There's no stigma attached any more. 

有强有力的理由来支持未婚妈妈。这再也不是什么丢脸的事了。

So l invested vast amouts of energy into covering him up.

所以我投入大量精力把它藏起来。

invest  v.  投资

英文释义:

If you invest in something, or if you invest a sum of money, you use your money in a way that you hope will increase its value, for example by paying it into a bank, or buying shares or property.

They intend to invest directly in shares.

他们打算直接投资股票。

l invested significant amouts of energy into English studying.

我投入了大量的精力在英语学习中。

cover up 隐藏，遮掩(事实)

英文释义:If you cover up something that you do not want people to know about, you hide the truth about it.

He suspects there's a conspiracy to cover up the crime.

他怀疑有人密谋掩盖犯罪事实。

keeping up an emotional lie is exhausting!

掩藏情绪的谎言让人精疲力尽!

"keep up "“跟上…的前进，了解”等等这个动词短语意思就比较多了，而且在这里就是比较形象的用法，"跟上情绪谎言的步伐，不让它先与‘我’，暴露出‘我’患有忧郁症"这样理解。

语法不到家，讲解有些乏力，给我点时间好好去系统学习一下。

忽然想开个新坑……想想还是先填完这个，所以简单的词汇我就不做介绍了。

Ted out.