第46章
*buy 除了“买”以外，还有“相信”、“承认”的意思。
I'm telling the truth. (我说的都是真的。)
I can't buy that! (我无法相信。)
That doesn't make sense. (那不合乎道理。)
That's ridiculous! (那太荒谬了。)
I refuse to believe that. (我不敢相信。)
馊主意。
Bad idea. *用于不同意对方的提议时。
Let's cheat. (我们糊弄一回吧。)
Bad idea. (馊主意。)
That's a bad idea.
That's not a good idea.
Not a good idea.
Good. (好哇。)
那可不好哦!
No good. *用于否定对方的意图、打算、计划时。是“那样不好”、“不行”的意思。这种表达方式让人觉得说话人有与对方不同的主意。
How is it? (怎么样?)
No good. (那可不好哦!)
That's no good.
Good. (那很好。)
算了吧!
Let's not. *否定、拒绝对方的提议、定义、暗示。
Let's go drinking. (我们去喝酒吧!)
Let's not. (算了吧!)
那怎么可能。
That's impossible. *很有把握时。
He's guilty. (他有罪。)
That's impossible. (那怎么可能。)
Impossible.
That can't be.
那完全是胡说八道。
That's absolute nonsense.
I saw you steal the money. (我看见你偷人家钱了。)
That's absolute nonsense. (那完全是胡说八道。)
Don't be so unreasonable. (别那么不讲道理。)
That's out of the question. (那根本不可能。)
That's quite impossible. (那根本不可能。)
行不通。
It won't work. *意为“好像怎么也不行”、“好像不顺利”、“好像不妥当”，是No good的较正式的表达方式。
I think it's a good idea. (我觉得那是一个好主意。)
It won't work. (恐怕行不通。)
It will work. (看起来不错。)
不总是这样。
Not always.
You always work late. (你总是工作到很晚啊。)
Not always. (不总是这样。)
不是那样。
Not really. *不能同意对方的意见或信息时，有礼貌地加以否定。
Do you want to go out for dinner? (你想不想去外面吃晚饭?)
Not really. (不太想去。)
Was it fun? (有意思吗?)
Not really. (不怎么有意思。)
It must be expensive. (这个一定很贵吧!)
Not really. (也不那么贵。)
Not especially.
●肯定
对，是我。
Yes, I am.
Are you Ms. Tanaka? (您是田中女士吗?)
Yes, I am. (对，是我。)
Oh, yes! (啊，是!) *充分地肯定。
Oh, yeah!
No, I'm not. (不，不是。)
嗯。
Yeah. *非常随便地表示同意。
Do you like movies? (你喜欢看电影吗?)
Yeah. (嗯。)
我想是的。
I think so. *稍带迟疑的肯定，“好像……吧!” “好像听说是……”。
Is John off today? (约翰今天休息?)
I think so. (我想是吧。)
I believe so.
So they say.
So I understand.
I suppose so.
To my understanding.
是的。/对。
Right. *就问题或想法等表示同意、赞成时。“你说得对，完全正确，是那么回事”。
You're from Canada, right? (你是加拿大人，对吧?)
Right. (对。)
That's right.
Yes.
Correct. *“与事实相符”、“没错”、“完全正确”。
That's correct.
You're correct.
That's true.
Wrong. (不对。)
一点儿没错!
Absolutely! *充分肯定的表达方式。“一点儿没错，就是那样”，表示完全认可对方所说的话。
Is that right? (是那么回事吗?)
Absolutely! (一点儿没错!)
Do you want to go? (你想去吗?)
Absolutely! (特想去。)
Definitely.
That's it exactly.
Exactly.
Not exactly. (未必。/不全是。)
一句话，是。
In a word, yes.
Is it true? (是真的吗?)
In a word, yes. (一句话，是。)
Absolutely.
完全和你说的一样。
You're perfectly correct.
What do you think? (你觉得怎么样?)
You're perfectly correct. (我觉得你说的很对。)
You're quite right.
You're absolutely correct.
You're exactly right.
在某种意义上，他是对的。
In a sense he's right.
啊，对啦!
That's it! *正中对方话语、行为的核心，惊讶或高兴时用。
Let's push this button. (摁这个按钮看看。)
That's it! (啊，对啦!)
Let's try this way. (用这个方法试一试。)
That's it! (啊，对啦!)
That's a winner.
Sounds like a winner.
That's not it. (啊，不对。)
正是!
You got it. *直译是“我说的话你正确地理解了”。
Do you mean this one? (你的意思是这个?)
You got it. (正是!)
You've got it.
That's right.
You know it.
你说到点子上了。
Your answer is to the point. *Your answer is very to the point. 加上very后，句中就含有“确实掌握了要点”的语感。
We should fire him. (我们应该解雇他。)
Your answer is to the point. (你说到点子上了。)
That's a very straightforward answer.
应该是吧。
I bet.
It's true. (这是真的。)
I bet. (应该是的。)
①那好吧，拜托您了!/那谢谢了。②为什么不行?
Why not? *Why not? 有两种意思。(1)accepting (接受承诺)在别人的建议下回答“麻烦您……”，作“谢谢。”时使用。(2) questioning (询问理由)是询问“为什么不行?”的。
1) Would you like some more? (您还想再要点儿吗?)
Why not? (好的。)
No reason not to.
Sure.
Thanks.
No problem.
2) You can't see your friends today. (今天你不能去见你的朋友。)
Why not? (为什么不行?)
对啰!
Bingo! *俚语。表达类似“说对了!”、“猜中了!”的意想不到的喜悦心情。
You play tennis, right?