●肯定

對，是我。

Yes, I am.

Are you Ms. Tanaka? (您是田中女士嗎?)

Yes, I am. (對，是我。)

Oh, yes! (啊，是!) *充分地肯定。

Oh, yeah!

No, I'm not. (不，不是。)

嗯。

Yeah. *非常隨便地表示同意。

Do you like movies? (你喜歡看電影嗎?)

Yeah. (嗯。)

我想是的。

I think so. *稍帶遲疑的肯定，“好像……吧!” “好像聽說是……”。

Is John off today? (約翰今天休息?)

I think so. (我想是吧。)

I believe so.

So they say.

So I understand.

I suppose so.

To my understanding.

是的。/對。

Right. *就問題或想法等表示同意、贊成時。“你說得對，完全正確，是那么回事”。

You're from Canada, right? (你是加拿大人，對吧?)

Right. (對。)

That's right.

Yes.

Correct. *“與事實(shí)相符”、“沒錯”、“完全正確”。

That's correct.

You're correct.

That's true.

Wrong. (不對。)

一點(diǎn)兒沒錯!

Absolutely! *充分肯定的表達(dá)方式。“一點(diǎn)兒沒錯，就是那樣”，表示完全認(rèn)可對方所說的話。

Is that right? (是那么回事嗎?)

Absolutely! (一點(diǎn)兒沒錯!)

Do you want to go? (你想去嗎?)

Absolutely! (特想去。)

Definitely.

That's it exactly.

Exactly.

Not exactly. (未必。/不全是。)

一句話，是。

In a word, yes.

Is it true? (是真的嗎?)

In a word, yes. (一句話，是。)

Absolutely.

完全和你說的一樣。

You're perfectly correct.

What do you think? (你覺得怎么樣?)

You're perfectly correct. (我覺得你說的很對。)

You're quite right.

You're absolutely correct.

You're exactly right.

在某種意義上，他是對的。

In a sense he's right.

啊，對啦!

That's it! *正中對方話語、行為的核心，驚訝或高興時用。

Let's push this button. (摁這個按鈕看看。)

That's it! (啊，對啦!)

Let's try this way. (用這個方法試一試。)

That's it! (啊，對啦!)

That's a winner.

Sounds like a winner.

That's not it. (啊，不對。)

正是!

You got it. *直譯是“我說的話你正確地理解了”。

Do you mean this one? (你的意思是這個?)

You got it. (正是!)

You've got it.

That's right.

You know it.

你說到點(diǎn)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“確實(shí)掌握了要點(diǎn)”的語感。

We should fire him. (我們應(yīng)該解雇他。)

Your answer is to the point. (你說到點(diǎn)子上了。)

That's a very straightforward answer.

應(yīng)該是吧。

I bet.

It's true. (這是真的。)

I bet. (應(yīng)該是的。)

①那好吧，拜托您了!/那謝謝了。②為什么不行?

Why not? *Why not? 有兩種意思。(1)accepting (接受承諾)在別人的建議下回答“麻煩您……”，作“謝謝。”時使用。(2) questioning (詢問理由)是詢問“為什么不行?”的。

1) Would you like some more? (您還想再要點(diǎn)兒嗎?)

Why not? (好的。)

No reason not to.

Sure.

Thanks.

No problem.

2) You can't see your friends today. (今天你不能去見你的朋友。)

Why not? (為什么不行?)

對啰!

Bingo! *俚語。表達(dá)類似“說對了!”、“猜中了!”的意想不到的喜悅心情。

You play tennis, right? (你打網(wǎng)球是不是?)

Bingo! (對呀!你說對了。)

說得對!說得好!

Hear, hear! *對演講人說出的重大的事情表示充分贊成的表達(dá)方式。

We should lower taxes! (應(yīng)該減少稅金。)

Hear, hear! (說得對!說得對!)

是，先生。

Yes, sir. *對男性。

Yes, ma'am. *對女性。

I'd like a wake-up call, please. (請?zhí)峁┙性绶?wù)。)

Yes, sir. (是，先生。)

No, sir./No, ma'am. (不，不對。) *用于工作中的有禮貌的說法。

確實(shí)是這樣。

No doubt. *對別人的意見表示完全同意、贊成時。意為“毫無疑問”、“確實(shí)是這樣”。

It's a hard job. (那是份很辛苦的工作。)

No doubt. (確實(shí)是這樣。)

No doubt about it.

You said it. *比較隨便的說法。

You can say that again. *比較隨便的說法。

That's doubtful. (那是使人懷疑的。)

當(dāng)然可以。

Fair enough. *因?yàn)閒air“公平、公正的”是enough“足夠、充分的”，所以意思是“很公平的”、“不得不同意對方的意見”。

I'll help you after dinner, okay? (晚飯以后我再幫你，行嗎?)

Fair enough. (當(dāng)然行!)

That's fair.

That's reasonable.

恐怕就是這樣了。

I'm afraid so. *一種將不愉快的事情或?qū)Ψ讲幌肼牭降氖虑楦嬖V對方并表示同情的語感。“很遺憾是這樣”、“恐怕是這樣”。

Did you lose your wallet? (你丟了錢包?)

I'm afraid so. (好像是。)

Do I have to do it again? (我還得重新干嗎?)

I'm afraid so. (恐怕就是這樣了。)

你的意見有道理。

Your opinion is reasonable. *reasonable “有道理的”、“合乎情理的”、“合理的”。

I don't think it's a good idea. (我覺得那不是個好主意。)

Your opinion is reasonable. (你的意見有道理。)

Your opinion stands to reason.

That's a reasonable opinion.

Your opinion is unreasonable. (你的意見沒道理。)

如果你說是的話，那就是吧。

If you say so.

I'm telling the truth. (我在說事實(shí)。)

If you say so. (如果你說是的話，那就是吧。)

據(jù)我所知，是的。

Yeah, as far as I know.

Is he coming? (他來嗎?)

Yeah, as far as I know. (來，據(jù)我所知。)

Yeah, as far as I can tell.

Yes, to the best of my knowledge. *恭敬的說法。

Yes, I think so. (對，我想是的。)

我這就做。

I'm going to.

Have you finished your homework yet? (你已經(jīng)做完作業(yè)了吧?)

I'm going to. (我這就做。)