01 All right & That's all right
有一些英语词组或是口语,长得其实有点像,就比如All right和That's all right两句口语,别看长得像,含义不一样!
All right.
好的。(= Ok.)
此外,All right.还可表示健康状况良好;圆满、顺利等。
比如:
Are you feeling all right? 你(身体感觉)还好吗?
Everything is gonna be all right. 一切都将顺利。
That's all right.
没关系。(= It doesn't matter.)
That's all right主要用来回答别人向你道歉,而不用来回答感谢。
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in a word 简言之,总之,一句话
例如:
- Would you like to help me?
你愿意帮我吗?
- In a word, no.
一句话,不愿意。
in words 口头上,用语言…
例如:
I can't describe it in words.
我无法用语言描述它。
in other words 换言之,也就是说,换句话说
例如:
They asked you to leave—in other words you were fired.
他们让你走人,也就是说,你被解雇了。
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I have not carried more than three bags.
我带了不超过3个袋子。
I have carried no more than three bags.
我只带了3个袋子。
你是不是觉得这两句看上去好像没有什么不同,不都是带了3个袋子么?那再让我们来看看下面的例句:
(1)A is not better than B.
(2)A is no better than B.
假设有A和B两个人,例句(1)的含义是“A不比B好”,是将两人进行普通的比较。
而例句(2)中的no better than =as bad as,意思就是“A和B两人一样坏”,也就是说:
no+ 形容词或副词比较级(-er)+ than → 该形容词或副词的反义。
类似的用法还有:
no bigger than = as small as 一样小
no richer than = as poor as 一样贫穷