Don't Quote Me On That---不是非常確定

大家好，歡迎來到小強英語。最近，小強在和外國朋友聊天的時候，他說：I heard that Justin Bieber is coming to China, but don't quote me on that.前面這半句我聽懂了，說的是聽說賈斯汀比伯要來中國，可是后面這半句是什么意思呢？but don't quote me on that，但不要引用他的話？

我們來聽一下美國外教Coach Shane的講解：

What does that mean? It means "but I am not exactly sure". I might be wrong. I'm just guessing. This is a great expression. "Don't quote me on that" can mean "Don't tell anyone I said that". That's possible. But it can also mean "I'm not sure", "I'm not exactly sure".

不知道大家是否聽懂了，其實，but don't quote me on that有兩個意思，一個是說不要跟別人說我說過這話，I'm telling you this in confidence. Please don't tell anyone that I said it. I don't want people to know that I was the source of this information.；而它更常見的另一個意思則是我不是非常確定：I am not exactly sure. I might be wrong.具體是什么意思呢則要根據語境稍微揣測一下。比如：I think he's going to resign, but please don't quote me on that.我覺得他要辭職，但我可不確定哦。

節目的最后我們來聽一下來自Madness的一首歌曲，歌名就叫Don't Quote Me On That!

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