So you're tapping your foot. You're tapping the beat and a lot of the music is coming off the beat.

你用脚打拍子,你在跟着节奏打拍子,很多乐音都不在正拍上

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With syncopation the impulse can come suddenly off the beat, and it gives it a little snap or jazzy aspect to the music.

在切分音里,冲动会突然打乱节拍,让音乐听起来突兀,奔放

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My boombox stops giving off music.

于是,扬声器不再发出乐曲声了

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It stops giving off music.

它无法再播放音乐

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