1、英语口语 8000 句(12) 商谈 赞成 赞成。 I agree. *比较生硬的说法。 I think its very important. (我认为这个问题很重要。) I agree. (我同意。) I agree with that. Im with you. *“对,对”、“很好嘛”、“我赞成”、“OK”。 Im for it. I dont agree. (我反对。) 我也这样认为。 I think so, too. *更口语的说法。 Tokyo is too expensive. (东京的物价太贵。) I think so, too. (我也这样认为。) 好哇! Anything
2、 you say! Lets see a movie. (我们去看电影吧。) Anything you say! (好哇!) Im with you. Okay, lets. Youre in charge. Youre the boss. I agree with you. 没有异议。 No objection! 我不反对。 I dont have any objection to it. *objection “异议”、“反对”、“不服 从”、“反对理由”。 What do you think of my proposal? (你觉得我的建议怎么样?) I dont have any ob
3、jection to it. (我不反对。) I have no objection to it. I dont object to it. No problem here. Sounds alright to me. 我觉得那样很好。 Thats fine with me. Hows tomorrow? (明天怎么样?) Thats fine with me. (我没问题。) That sounds good. Sounds like a good idea to me. 很好! Fine. *这是种常用的表达方式,表示带有“无可挑剔的”、“不错的”、“好 的”等语感。 How was th
4、e proposal? (这个建议怎么样?) Fine. (很好!) Hows everything? (一切都好吗?) Fine. (很好呀!) Good. Its acceptable. Okay. 那就行了。 Thats fair. *用于听到对方给予妥协性的回答时,就对方的意见或行为作 出答复,含有“这样才公平、公正”的语气。 How does that sound? (那样行吗?) Thats fair. (那就行了。) Fair enough. 我也有同样感觉。 You can say that again. *表示“我的看法和你完全一致”,带有同情的 语感。 That meeti
5、ng was awful. (那个会开得真糟糕。) You can say that again. (我也有同样感觉。) Ill say. Definitely. 好像挺有意思。 Sounds like fun. *接受别人的邀请或建议时。 Lets go out! (我们出去玩吧。) Sounds like fun. (那一定很有意思。) 当然!/一定! You bet! *完全赞成对方所说的事的语气。 Did you study for the test? (快考试了,你准备了吗?) You bet. (当然!/一定!) That is for sure. You know it. Id
6、bet on it. You can bet on it. Bet on it. Of course. It goes without saying. That goes without saying. You betcha. *俚语。 你是反对还是赞成他的主意? Are you for or against his idea? 好! Good. *用来向对方表达愉快、批准、同意、满意等心情。 How is it? (这个怎么样?) Good. (好!) Its good. 太棒了! Great! *比 good 更要强烈地表示“吃惊的、终于可以松一口气的心情”, 还带有“得意洋洋”、“心满意
7、足”的语感。 The boss approved my proposal. (老板同意了我的建议。) Great! (太棒了!) Thats great! 好主意。 Good idea. Lets do this part first. (我们先做这部分吧!) Good idea. (好主意。) Good thinking. Bad idea. (馊主意。) 你说的有一部分是对的。 What you say is partly right. *partly “部分的”。 Dont you agree? (你同意吗?) What you say is partly right. (你说的有一部分
8、是对的。) You are partially correct. I agree with you partially. (我部分同意。) 反对 我反对。 I dont agree. *比 I cant agree.的语气还要强烈,给人一种直接反对 的印象。 I know Im correct. (我认为我是正确的。) I dont agree. (我不这样认为。) I dont agree with that. I dont agree with you. I agree. (同意。) 我不能同意。 I cant agree. *“我不能同意你的意见”,比较礼貌的说法。 All politi
9、cians are liars. (所有的政治家都是骗子。) I cant agree. (我不能同意。) I cant agree with that. I cant agree with you. 我怀疑。 I doubt it. Do you think its true? (你觉得那是真的吗?) I doubt it. (我怀疑。) I dont think so. Its not likely to happen. (才不会发生呢!) 我反对。 Objection! We found out that he wasnt there. (我们发现他没有在那儿。) Objection!
10、(我反对。) I object! 你不是这么说的。 Thats not what you said. You didnt say that. 我无法相信。 I cant buy that! *buy 除了“买”以外,还有“相信”、“承认”的意思。 Im telling the truth. (我说的都是真的。) I cant buy that! (我无法相信。) That doesnt make sense. (那不合乎道理。) Thats ridiculous! (那太荒谬了。) I refuse to believe that. (我不敢相信。) 馊主意。 Bad idea. *用于不同意
11、对方的提议时。 Lets cheat. (我们糊弄一回吧。) Bad idea. (馊主意。) Thats a bad idea. Thats not a good idea. Not a good idea. Good. (好哇。) 那可不好哦! No good. *用于否定对方的意图、打算、计划时。是“那样不好”、“不行” 的意思。这种表达方式让人觉得说话人有与对方不同的主意。 How is it? (怎么样?) No good. (那可不好哦!) Thats no good. Good. (那很好。) 算了吧! Lets not. *否定、拒绝对方的提议、定义、暗示。 Lets go d
12、rinking. (我们去喝酒吧!) Lets not. (算了吧!) 那怎么可能。 Thats impossible. *很有把握时。 Hes guilty. (他有罪。) Thats impossible. (那怎么可能。) Impossible. That cant be. 那完全是胡说八道。 Thats absolute nonsense. I saw you steal the money. (我看见你偷人家钱了。) Thats absolute nonsense. (那完全是胡说八道。) Dont be so unreasonable. (别那么不讲道理。) Thats out o
13、f the question. (那根本不可能。) Thats quite impossible. (那根本不可能。) 行不通。 It wont work. *意为“好像怎么也不行”、“好像不顺利”、“好像不妥当”, 是 No good 的较正式的表达方式。 I think its a good idea. (我觉得那是一个好主意。) It wont work. (恐怕行不通。) It will work. (看起来不错。) 不总是这样。 Not always. You always work late. (你总是工作到很晚啊。) Not always. (不总是这样。) 不是那样。 Not
14、really. *不能同意对方的意见或信息时,有礼貌地加以否定。 Do you want to go out for dinner? (你想不想去外面吃晚饭?) Not really. (不太想去。) Was it fun? (有意思吗?) Not really. (不怎么有意思。) It must be expensive. (这个一定很贵吧!) Not really. (也不那么贵。) Not especially. 肯定 对,是我。 Yes, I am. Are you Ms. Tanaka? (您是田中女士吗?) Yes, I am. (对,是我。) Oh, yes! (啊,是!) *
15、充分地肯定。 Oh, yeah! No, Im not. (不,不是。) 嗯。 Yeah. *非常随便地表示同意。 Do you like movies? (你喜欢看电影吗?) Yeah. (嗯。) 我想是的。 I think so. *稍带迟疑的肯定,“好像吧!” “好像听说是”。 Is John off today? (约翰今天休息?) I think so. (我想是吧。) I believe so. So they say. So I understand. I suppose so. To my understanding. 是的。/对。 Right. *就问题或想法等表示同意、赞成
16、时。“你说得对,完全正确,是那 么回事”。 Youre from Canada, right? (你是加拿大人,对吧?) Right. (对。) Thats right. Yes. Correct. *“与事实相符”、“没错”、“完全正确”。 Thats correct. Youre correct. Thats true. Wrong. (不对。) 一点儿没错! Absolutely! *充分肯定的表达方式。“一点儿没错,就是那样”,表示完 全认可对方所说的话。 Is that right? (是那么回事吗?) Absolutely! (一点儿没错!) Do you want to go?
17、(你想去吗?) Absolutely! (特想去。) Definitely. Thats it exactly. Exactly. Not exactly. (未必。/不全是。) 一句话,是。 In a word, yes. Is it true? (是真的吗?) In a word, yes. (一句话,是。) Absolutely. 完全和你说的一样。 Youre perfectly correct. What do you think? (你觉得怎么样?) Youre perfectly correct. (我觉得你说的很对。) Youre quite right. Youre abso
18、lutely correct. Youre exactly right. 在某种意义上,他是对的。 In a sense hes right. 啊,对啦! Thats it! *正中对方话语、行为的核心,惊讶或高兴时用。 Lets push this button. (摁这个按钮看看。) Thats it! (啊,对啦!) Lets try this way. (用这个方法试一试。) Thats it! (啊,对啦!) Thats a winner. Sounds like a winner. Thats not it. (啊,不对。) 正是! You got it. *直译是“我说的话你正确
19、地理解了”。 Do you mean this one? (你的意思是这个?) You got it. (正是!) Youve got it. Thats right. You know it. 你说到点子上了。 Your answer is to the point. *Your answer is very to the point. 加 上 very 后,句中就含有“确实掌握了要点”的语感。 We should fire him. (我们应该解雇他。) Your answer is to the point. (你说到点子上了。) Thats a very straightforward
20、 answer. 应该是吧。 I bet. Its true. (这是真的。) I bet. (应该是的。) 那好吧,拜托您了!/那谢谢了。为什么不行? Why not? *Why not? 有两种意思。(1)accepting (接受承诺)在别人 的建议下回答“麻烦您”,作“谢谢。”时使用。(2) questioning (询问 理由)是询问“为什么不行?”的。 1) Would you like some more? (您还想再要点儿吗?) Why not? (好的。) No reason not to. Sure. Thanks. No problem. 2) You cant see
21、your friends today. (今天你不能去见你的朋友。) Why not? (为什么不行?) 对啰! Bingo! *俚语。表达类似“说对了!”、“猜中了!”的意想不到的喜悦心情。 You play tennis, right? (你打网球是不是?) Bingo! (对呀!你说对了。) 说得对!说得好! Hear, hear! *对演讲人说出的重大的事情表示充分赞成的表达方式。 We should lower taxes! (应该减少税金。) Hear, hear! (说得对!说得对!) 是,先生。 Yes, sir. *对男性。 Yes, maam. *对女性。 Id like
22、a wake-up call, please. (请提供叫早服务。) Yes, sir. (是,先生。) No, sir./No, maam. (不,不对。) *用于工作中的有礼貌的说法。 确实是这样。 No doubt. *对别人的意见表示完全同意、赞成时。意为“毫无疑问”、“确 实是这样”。 Its a hard job. (那是份很辛苦的工作。) No doubt. (确实是这样。) No doubt about it. You said it. *比较随便的说法。 You can say that again. *比较随便的说法。 Thats doubtful. (那是使人怀疑的。)
23、当然可以。 Fair enough. *因为 fair“公平、公正的”是 enough“足够、充分的”,所 以意思是“很公平的”、“不得不同意对方的意见”。 Ill help you after dinner, okay? (晚饭以后我再帮你,行吗?) Fair enough. (当然行!) Thats fair. Thats reasonable. 恐怕就是这样了。 Im afraid so. *一种将不愉快的事情或对方不想听到的事情告诉对方并 表示同情的语感。“很遗憾是这样”、“恐怕是这样”。 Did you lose your wallet? (你丢了钱包?) Im afraid so.
24、 (好像是。) Do I have to do it again? (我还得重新干吗?) Im afraid so. (恐怕就是这样了。) 你的意见有道理。 Your opinion is reasonable. *reasonable “有道理的”、 “合乎情理的”、 “合理的”。 I dont think its a good idea. (我觉得那不是个好主意。) Your opinion is reasonable. (你的意见有道理。) Your opinion stands to reason. Thats a reasonable opinion. Your opinion is
25、 unreasonable. (你的意见没道理。) 如果你说是的话,那就是吧。 If you say so. Im telling the truth. (我在说事实。) If you say so. (如果你说是的话,那就是吧。) 据我所知,是的。 Yeah, as far as I know. Is he coming? (他来吗?) Yeah, as far as I know. (来,据我所知。) Yeah, as far as I can tell. Yes, to the best of my knowledge. *恭敬的说法。 Yes, I think so. (对,我想是的。
26、) 我这就做。 Im going to. Have you finished your homework yet? (你已经做完作业了吧?) Im going to. (我这就做。) 否定 不,没有。 No, Im not. Youre lying. (你在说谎。) No, Im not. (不,没有。) Yes, I am. (对。) 不对。 Wrong. *这是种非常强烈的否定表达方式,所以最好考虑使用场合。 Youre from Canada, right? (你是加拿大人吧?) Wrong. (不,不对。) Right. (对。) 那是不对的。 Thats not right. *反对
27、或不同意对方的意见时使用的口语表达方式。 Go this way. (走这条路。) No, thats not right. (不,那么走不对。) Thats not correct. Correct. (对,是这样。) 你的想法根本上就是错误的。 Your idea is fundamentally wrong. *fundamentally “根本地”、“本 质上地”。 Everyone lies. There is nothing wrong with it. (大家都撒谎,这没 什么不好的。) Your idea is fundamentally wrong. (你的想法根本上就是错误
28、的。) There is something fundamentally wrong with your idea. Your idea lacks morals. (你的想法真缺德。) 我不是那个意思。 Thats not what I mean. Are you saying youre better than I am? (你是说你比我出色吗?) Thats not what I mean. (我不是那个意思。) I didnt mean that. You misunderstood me. (你误会我了。) 哪儿有的事儿。/当然不是。 Certainly not. *比较正式的说法。
29、强烈地否定对方所指责或暗示的事情。 Did you cheat? (你骗人了吧?) Certainly not. (哪儿有的事儿。/当然不是。) Of course not. *否定的答案是显而易见的,根本无须发问时使用。 Of course. (当然。) 没有,从来没有。 No, never. Havent you been abroad? (你还没去过外国吗?) No, never. (没有,从没去过。) 不,一点儿都不。 No, not a bit. Arent you tired? (你不累吗?) No, not a bit. (不,一点儿都不累。) 肯定不对! No way! *用来
30、强烈否定对方的主张和申诉。 I think shes pregnant. (我觉得她怀孕了。) No way! (绝对不会。) Never. (绝对不是那么回事。) Definitely not! Absolutely not! Absolutely. (绝对一点儿没错。) 怎么可能呢? How can that be? I cant find my wallet. (我找不到我的钱包了。) How can that be? (怎么可能呢?) How could that be? Thats impossible. How can it be true? 在这一点上我们意见分歧。 We don
31、t agree on this point. 我没说那个。 Im not talking about that. ., but hes rich. (可他有钱吧!) Im not talking about that. (我没说那个。) What Im saying is another matter. Thats not what Im talking about. 这个嘛! Uh-uh. *非常随便的否定说法。在熟悉的同伴中使用。 Are you free tonight? (今晚你有空吗?) Uh-uh. (这个嘛) Uh-huh. (嗯。) 那样不行。 That wont do. 他呀
32、,不行。 He wont do. 那也太没道理了。 That makes no sense. He got a promotion. (他升官了。) That makes no sense. (那也太没道理了。) That doesnt make sense. Makes sense. (可以理解/合乎情理。) That makes sense. (这事儿可以理解/合乎道理。) 不是我。 Not me. *当被指责“你干了吧!”或“你说了吧!”时给予的回答。“我 没做。”“我没说。”较随便的口语说法。 Who broke my coffee cup? (谁把我的咖啡杯给打碎了?) Not me
33、. (不是我。) It wasnt me. I didnt do it. (我没干那事。) I didnt say that. (我没说那事。) Im innocent. (我是清白的。) 我否认。 I deny that. *正式的说法。在受到指责,否认其申述或陈述时。 I heard you say it. (我听你这么说的。) I deny that. (我否认。) 含糊其辞的回答 也许吧。 Maybe. *虽然有可能性,但较接近于 No, 概率只在 40%左右,让人听 上去是否定的语气。与 perhaps 同义。possibly 更拘泥于形式,但同样 含有消极的语感。probably
34、的可能性较大,语感积极,概率在 80%到 90%左右,给对方以肯定的,即 Yes 的感觉。 Can you finish the report by Friday? (星期五之前你能写完那篇报告 吗?) Maybe. (也许吧。) It may possibly rain, but it will probably be sunny again. (也许下 雨,但可能过会儿又会晴了。) Possibly. Perhaps. Probably. 不完全。 Not exactly. *“不能说完全是那样”、“不能断定就是那样”的意思。 Do you agree? (你同意吗?) Not exact
35、ly. (不完全同意。) Not quite. 可能是吧。 I guess so. *不能明确断定,“好像是”、“是吧”等推测的表达方式。 Dont you think Japanese people are healthier? (你不觉得日本人 更健康些吗?) I guess so. (可能是吧!) I suppose so. 也许是真的吧。 It might be true. *听上去是不太肯定,接近于 No (不)的感觉。 Do you think its true? (你觉得那是真的吗?) It might be true. (也许是真的吧。) Its possible. 可能会吧。
36、 It could be. *听对方说了许多之后,自己也觉得“可能会吧”时使用。 What do you think? (你觉得怎么样?) It could be true. (也许吧!) That could be. That could be true. 我不太清楚。 Im not sure. *没把握说时,或不知道时。 Is he in the office now? (他现在在办公室吗?) Im not sure. (我不太清楚。) Im not certain. I cant say for sure. 但愿是这样。 I hope youre right. Itll be sunny
37、 tomorrow. (明天是个好天吧。) I hope youre right. (但愿是这样。) 有那么点儿。 Sort of. Is your dog big? (你的狗大吗?) Sort of. (说大也大吧!) Kind of. 差不多吧! Its something like that. Is this it? (是这个吗?) Yeah, its something like that. (嗯,差不多吧。) Thats about it. Thatll do. Thats about right. 那得看情况。 It depends. Dont you think you can
38、save more money in Tokyo? (你不觉得在 东京能攒更多的钱吗?) It depends. (那得看情况。) *on a case by-case basis “基于具体情 况”。 That depends. 也许是,也许不是。 Maybe yes, maybe no. *虽然有话要说,但又不想让对方明白时。 Are you going to ask him? (你打算去问他吗?) Maybe yes, maybe no. (也许问,也许不问。) 但愿如此。 Hopefully. *表达虽然无法约定,但仍渴望能够实现的心情。 Can you play tomorrow?
39、(明天能去比赛吗?) Hopefully. (但愿能去。) I hope so. 不能保证。 Theres no guarantee. *带有也许不可能一切顺利的语感, 但可以感 觉到成功的概率很高。 Will it make money? (能挣大钱吗?) Theres no guarantee. (不能保证。) I cant guarantee it. 我想是的。 I think so. *可以用于各种场合。表达“我想是的”、“是那样”的语感。 Will it rain today? (今天会下雨吗?) I think so. (我想会吧。) 我说不好。 I cant say. *不愿意说
40、出秘密或不足以提出意见时。 Do you know where they are? (你知道他们在哪儿吗?) I cant say. (我说不好。) I couldnt say. I cant say for certain. I cant say for sure. I couldnt say for certain. 也是也不是。 Yes and no. *无法断定是“是”还是“不是”时。 Are the people friendly? (那些人都很友善吗?) Yes and no. (也是也不是。) Fifty-fifty. *俚语。 喜忧参半。/一半一半。 Half and half
41、. *表示不能断言好还是不好,无法确定的心情。同时有向 对方表示事情进展得不顺利、搁浅的语感。 Is that new plan effective? (那个新计划有效果吗?) Half and half. (嗯,难说。) 我会试试。 Ill try. *“试试”、“努力”。 Can you find him? (你能找到他吗?) Ill try. (我会试试。) Ill do my best. Ill try to. 怎么说呢。 Its difficult to say. *用于难以立刻回答时。 Is your boss nice to you? (你的老板对你好吗?) Its diffic
42、ult to say. (怎么说呢。) Its hard to say. 还可以更好点。 Could be better. *考虑到对方的心情,避免给予对方否定的回答。“还 有发展的余地”、“不能说是最好的”。 Is he a good salesman? (他是个很好的推销员吗?) Could be better. (还可以更好点。) 他给我的回答很含糊。 He gave me an ambiguous answer. *ambiguous “可以有两种以上 理解的,模棱两可的”。 His answer was very vague. He wasnt very clear. 保留意见 让我
43、想想。 Let me think about it. So, you should buy it now. (所以,你应该现在就买。) Let me think about it. (让我想想。) Give me time to think it over. 请给我点儿时间考虑。 I need some time to think it over. I need more time to think about it. 我会考虑的。 Ill consider it. *正式的说法。表达不能马上回答时,有“请给我时间考 虑”、“让我考虑考虑”的语感。 Do you like my idea? (
44、你接受我的建议吗?) Ill consider it. (我会考虑的。) 我考虑考虑吧。 Ill think about it. *比 Ill consider it.的说法更随便,比直接拒绝语气 要缓和。 Will you come to my party? (你来参加我的晚会吗?) Ill think about it. (我考虑考虑吧。) Ill sleep on it. *俚语。 Ill give it some thought. 我得琢磨琢磨。 Ill think it over. Will you approve the proposal? (你同意我的计划吗?) Ill thin
45、k it over. (我得琢磨琢磨。) 请给我一个晚上的时间考虑。 Let me sleep on it. Please give me a raise. (请给我涨工资。) Let me sleep on it. (请给我一个晚上的时间考虑。) 我得研究研究。 Ill see what I can do. We need longer breaks. (我们的休假有必要再长一些。) Ill see what I can do. (我得研究研究。) 提出、询问意见 你呢? How about you? *回答了别人的问题后,用这句反问对方,有助于对话 的顺利进行。 I like New Yo
46、rk in June. How about you? (我喜欢 6 月的纽约, 你呢?) Me, too. (我也是。) What about you? 你觉得呢? What do you think? *用来询问“怎么样?”、“你的意见呢?” What do you think? (你觉得呢?) I think its all right. (我觉得没关系。) What do you say? How about it? What do you think? Whats your answer? 你的意见呢? Whats your opinion? Whats your viewpoint?
47、 Whats your point of view? 你的建议呢? Whats your suggestion? What do you suggest? 还有别的吗? What else? Anything else? Whats left? Missing anything? 什么问题都可以。 Any question will do. *催促别人提问时“请提问题吧”。 Ask anything. 你有什么建议吗? What do you recommend? What do you think is the best? 你不这样认为吗? Dont you think so? *征求对方同
48、意。 Cant you see it? 你同意吗? Do you agree? *比较正式的说法。 给我一个明确的答复。 Give me a definite answer. *definite “明确的”。 I want a definite answer. (我希望得到明确的答复。) I need a definite answer. (我需要一个明确的答复。) “是”还是“不是”? Is it “yes” or “no”? Yes, or no? 这可不算答复。 It doesnt answer my question. Thats no answer. Thats not what I want to know. (这不是我想知道的事情。) You didnt answer my question. (你没有回答我的问题。) 你没有希望赢。 You dont stand a chance. *stand a chance “有可能性”。 Im running for mayor. (我的目标是成为市长。) You dont stand a chance. (你没有希望赢。) 我已经忍无