kind of 有點兒；有幾分；稍微

It was kind of sad.
有點兒讓人悲傷。
I'm kind of hungry now.
我現在有點兒餓了。
I'm feeling kind of tired.
我感覺有點累。
I kind of like him.
我有點兒喜歡他。

A:Hi, Francis, morning! How are you doing today?
嘿，弗朗西斯，早上好！你今天怎樣？
B:I had a bad start of the day. I was stuck in a bad traffic jam on my way and I missed my morning meeting.
今天我有一個糟糕的開始。我來的路上遇上交通堵塞了，而且我錯過了今早的會議。
A:Indeed, I agree that is not a good start. How about the meeting? Did you miss anything important?
確實，我同意那不是一個好的開始。那會議怎樣？你錯過一些重要的東西嗎？
B:It is ok. My boss briefs me later on.
還好。后來我老板簡要給我介紹了一下。
A:Was he unhappy with you not attending the meeting?
你沒有參加會議他不高興嗎？
B:Kind of. You know this traffic jam is really bad with so many new cars hitting the streets these days.
額，有點。你知道的，這些天如此多的新車上路，交通堵塞真的很嚴重。