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What? *用于沒聽清對方說什么、沒理解對方的意思時。但這樣的問法讓人聽起來有些粗魯和生硬。
Huh? *比what?更隨便的說法。
你說什么來著?
Did you say anything? *用于沒聽見對方說什么、或別人說話時，自己走神或不知對方是否說了什么的場合。
對不起，你說什么來著?
I'm sorry, what did you say? *確實聽到對方說了什么，希望對方能夠重復一遍。
那又怎么樣呢?
So what? *含有不感興趣和輕蔑的語氣。口語中常用。
What of it?
什么意思?
What does it mean? *沒弄明白對方所說事情時，可以這樣積極主動地問。
What do you mean?
Please explain what you mean. (請您解釋一下您的意思。)
What are you trying to say? (您想說什么?)
What do you mean by that? (您這是什么意思?)
你是說……嗎?
Are you saying that...? *確認對方講話內容時。
Are you saying that it's a bad idea? (你是說這個主意不好?)
That's right. (是的。)
Do you mean...?
Are you trying to say that...?
后來怎么樣了?
Then what?
And then?
What happened then?
他到底想干嗎?
What's he driving at? *用于不明白對方的意圖時。
您能再說一遍嗎?
Would you repeat that, please? *用于沒有聽清或沒有聽懂時。
Could you repeat that, please?
Could you say that again, please?
Say it again. (再說一遍。)
Please say it again. (請再說一遍。)
Please repeat that. (請再重復一遍。)
您說得太快了。
You're speaking too quickly.
You're talking too fast.
請您再說慢一點兒。
Please say it more slowly.
Please speak more slowly.
More slowly, please.
Please speak slower.
Please don't speak so quickly. (請您不要說得太快。)
Would you slow down, please? (您能說慢一點兒嗎?)
我跟不上您說的。
I can't keep up.
請再大一點兒聲說。
Please speak a little louder.
Could you speak up? (您能再大一點兒聲兒嗎?)
A little louder, please? (請大點兒聲。)
Speak up, please? (請大聲說。)
Please speak up.
Please speak louder.
我聽不見。
I can't hear you. *這種情況下只能用hear而不能用listen。
I can't hear a word you're saying. (我根本聽不見你說什么。)
I can't hear you at all. (根本聽不見。)
I can't hear you well. (我聽不太清楚。)
我沒聽見你說什么。
I couldn't catch what you said. *“聽見，明白(話語等)”。
I didn't catch that.
你在說什么呢?
What are you talking about? *用于聽不懂對方所說的內容，或沒注意聽對方說什么的場合。
What did you say? (你說什么呢?)
●感想
就像我一樣。
Just like me!
John is very smart. (約翰真聰明。)
Yeah, just like me! (嗯，就像我一樣。)*夫妻談論自己的兒子約翰。
好吃嗎?
Was it good?
We had melon for lunch at school. (在學校吃午飯時，我們吃了哈蜜瓜。)
Was it good? (好吃嗎?)
玩得高興嗎?
Did you have fun?
After school, we played soccer. (放學后，我們去踢足球了。)
Did you have fun? (玩得高興嗎?)
這套衣服怎么樣?
How do you like this suit?
How do you like this suit? (這套衣服怎么樣?)
It looks great on you. (很配你呀!)
How do you like this suit? (你看這件襯衫怎么樣?)
I think it's nice. (我覺得挺好。)
你覺得怎么樣?
How did you like it?
How did you like it? (你覺得怎么樣?)
I liked it very much. (我非常喜歡。)
What did you think of it?
你喜歡嗎?
Did you like it?
Did you enjoy it?
你覺得那個怎么樣?
What do you think of it? *詢問別人有何感想時。
What do you think of our new boss? (你覺得我們新老板怎么樣?)
I think she's very friendly. (我覺得她非常友善。)
What do you think about it?
●詢問、敘述情況
結果怎么樣?
How'd things turn out? *turn out... “結果是……”。
How'd things turn out? (結果怎么樣?)
They turned out to be miserable. (結果很慘。)
How was it?
How did it go?
How did it turn out?
How did it end up?
長話短說……
To make a long story short,...
你就簡明扼要地說吧。
Just tell me the story in a nutshell. *nutshell “堅果的殼”，in a nutshell是慣用語，“簡明扼要地說，總結性地說”。
Give it to me in a nutshell.
告訴我詳細情況。
Let me know the circumstances.
Let me know the situation.
輕而易舉。
A piece of cake. *像吃一塊蛋糕一樣簡單。“輕而易舉”。
How was the test? (你考試考得怎么樣?)
A piece of cake. (簡直輕而易舉。)
It was a piece of cake.
It was very easy.
It was a snap.
It was no problem (at all).
It was as easy as 1,2,3.
It was as easy as A,B,C.
到現(xiàn)在為止還好。
So far, so good.
How's your cooking going? (你做飯做得怎么樣了?)
So far, so good. (到現(xiàn)在為止還好。)
Up till now, no problems.
馬馬虎虎。
So-so. *“不好不壞，過得去”。
How's school? (你們學校怎么樣?)
So-so. (馬馬虎虎。)
(事情)就是這樣。
That's about it.
沒什么了不起的。
It was nothing.
Wow! How'd you do that? (哇!你怎么做出來的?)
It was nothing. (這沒什么。)
It was no big deal.
這很簡單。
There's nothing to it.
Can you help me E-mail? (你能教我用一下E-mail(電子郵件)嗎?)
Sure, there's nothing to it. (當然，這很簡單。)
It's a piece of cake. (這輕而易舉。)
Nothing complicated about it. (這沒什么復雜的。)
啊，真靈!
It worked!
And if you plug this in... (然后你插上插頭……)
It worked! (啊，亮了!)
It did the job!
還需再加把勁。
It needs work. *還需要努力才能達到完美，變得更好。
What about the new computer system? (那個新的計算機系統(tǒng)怎么樣?)
It needs work. (還需改進。)
It needs more work.
It needs some work.
就差那么一點兒。
Almost. *表示“可惜”，“差一點兒”。
Almost! (就差那么一點兒。)
I thought it was a home run. (我以為是個本壘打呢。)
越來越不好。
Going from bad to worse. *直譯是“從不好到更糟糕的”，可以用于人際關系、經(jīng)濟或成績等多種場合。
How's married life? (婚后生活怎么樣?)
Going from bad to worse. (越來越糟。)
Getting increasingly worse.
Getting worse and worse (all the time).
他一舉成名。
He made it big. *make it big “在社會上取得了成功”。
He became very successful.
He is a big success.
問題解決了。
We're set. *這句用來表示“準備好了，預備好了”。set“解決”。
They just fixed the car. (他剛把車修好。)
We're set. (問題解決了。)
We're set. (我們準備好了。)
Let's get going. (那我們走吧。)
Our problem's solved.
We're ready.
We're okay.
●隨聲附和
我知道了。
I see. *邊向對方表示自己已理解，邊使對話順利進行。
That's why I was late. (……所以我才來晚了。)
I see. (我知道了。)
嗯，嗯。
Uh-huh. *當同意對方的意見時，可以代替Yes。
啊，是嗎?
You have? *①I've been to Chicago. (我去過芝加哥。) →You have? ②He's from Chicago.(他是芝加哥人。) →He is? ③He went to Chicago. (他去芝加哥了。) →He did? ④He is tall. (他的個子很高。) →He is? ⑤He's cooking now. (他正在做飯。) →He is? 以上各句的答句要作相應變化。
是那樣嗎?
Is that right? *可以只表示“是那樣嗎?”，也可以表示“這樣對嗎?”
Is that so?
Is that true?
Is that correct?
是那樣。
That's right.
沒錯!
Exactly! *強調肯定的語氣。
That's it exactly.
That's exactly it.
是嗎?
Oh, yeah? *比較隨便的說法。
是嗎?
Is that so?
Really?
Oh, really?
Oh, do you?
Oh, you do?
Oh, you like it? (哦，你喜歡嗎?)
Oh, thank you. (哦，謝謝。)
It's nice, isn't it? (是不是特棒呀?)
然后呢?
And? *希望對方繼續(xù)說下去，和將對方正在考慮，正在想的事情引出來時。
我也是。
Me, too. *用于同意對方的意見及想法相同時。這是比較隨便的說法，兒童之間常用。在工作場合最好不用。
So am I.
So do I.
So did I.
我也不……
Neither do I. *用于對對方“我不……”的話的回應，表示“我也不……”的意見時。比“Me, neither.”要正式。
Tom doesn't want to go. (湯姆不想去。)
Neither do I. (我也不想去。)
Me, neither. *說法比較隨便。正式的工作場合最好不用。
別說傻話。
Don't be silly.
I'll pay for dinner. (我付晚飯的錢。)
Don't be silly. (別說傻話。)
Don't be foolish.
真是太倒霉了。
That's too bad. *聽了對方敘述不好的事情時使用。
I've lost my wallet. (我丟了我的錢包。)
That's too bad. (真是太倒霉了。)
真的嗎?
Are you sure?
真是太過分(遺憾)了!
What a shame!
那好哇。
Good! *答應、滿足的語氣。
真叫人吃驚。
What a surprise! *用于沒想到的事情，或被對方出其不意地嚇了一跳時。
我真希望不是這樣。
I hope not.
要是那樣就好了!
I hope so.
太棒了!
Great!
難以置信!
Unbelievable!
See? My dog can sing. (你知道嗎？我的狗會唱歌。)
Unbelievable! (難以置信!)
Incredible.
開玩笑吧!
No kidding!
You're kidding!
You're joking!
That can't be!
行!沒問題!
You bet.
May I borrow your pen? (可以借用你的鋼筆嗎?)
You bet. (當然行。)
No problem.
Sure.
Certainly.
●一時語塞
嗯……
Well... *這是種很方便的表達方式。以下三種情況都可以用。(1)一時回答不了或說不上來時。“嗯……”、“唉……”、“這個嘛……”、“話是不錯，可……”。(2)相當吃驚時。“哎呀!”、“什么?”、“啊!”。(3)改變話題繼續(xù)交談時。“那么……”、“可是……”、“后來……”。
Umm...
Hmm...
讓我想想。
Let me see. *see “考慮”、“盤算”、“想”，口語中常用來表示無法立刻答復，一時想不出回答的話，或想說點什么。
May I take your order? (您點什么菜?)
Well, let me see...(點什么呢?……)
Let's see.
Let me check. (讓我查查。)
I'll find out for you. (我找找。)
我的意思是……
I mean... *“就是說”、“不，其實我是說……”，用于會話中補充或糾正自己的發(fā)言時。
May I ask who you are? (請問您是哪位?)
I'm a friend of John's... I mean, Mr. Sheehan. (我是約翰的朋友，我是說我是希恩先生的朋友。)*當說話的人是希恩先生的朋友時。
話就在嘴邊上。
It's on the tip of my tongue.
說什么好呢?
