Absolute
You’d better develop the habit of saying “you’re absolutely right”. It costs you nothing.
你最好養成說“你是絕對正確的”的習慣,你又沒損失什么東西。
I almost feel compelled to admire you. You always think twice before you say absolutely nothing!
我幾乎不得不佩服你了,你在什么也沒說以前總是考慮再三。
注:諷刺有些人謹小慎微,思前想后,什么也不敢說。
Student: If it was up to you would you penalize a person for something he didn’t do?
Teacher: Absolutely not!
Student: Good, I didn’t do last night’s homework.
學生:如果您來決定,你會因為一個人沒有做什么而處罰他嗎?
老師:絕對不會!
學生:很好,我沒有做左晚的作業。
The most precious thing we have is life. Yet it has absolutely no trade-in value.
我們擁有的最珍貴的東西就是生命,它還絕對沒有折舊價值。
注:二手房越來越貴,二手車賣得也不便宜,但二手生命就不值錢了。
場景再現:《英雄》拍得風光很漂亮,但你討厭某個演員的表演,你說:
The scenery[I] is absolutely beautiful but the actors got in front of it.
景色絕對美麗,但演員擋在了前面。