●含糊其辭的回答
◎也許吧。 Maybe.
*雖然有可能性，但較接近于No, 概率只在40%左右，讓人聽(tīng)上去是否定的語(yǔ)氣。與perhaps同義。possibly更拘泥于形式，但同樣含有消極的語(yǔ)感。probably的可能性較大，語(yǔ)感積極，概率在80%到90%左
◎右，給對(duì)方以肯定的，即Yes的感覺(jué)。
Can you finish the report by Friday? (星期五之前你能寫(xiě)完那篇報(bào)告嗎?)
Maybe. (也許吧。)
It may possibly rain, but it will probably be sunny again. (也許下雨，但可能過(guò)會(huì)兒又會(huì)晴了。)
= Possibly.
= Perhaps.
= Probably.
◎不完全。 Not exactly.
*“不能說(shuō)完全是那樣”、“不能斷定就是那樣”的意思。
Do you agree? (你同意嗎?)
Not exactly. (不完全同意。)
= Not quite.
◎可能是吧。 I guess so.
*不能明確斷定，“好像是”、“是吧”等推測(cè)的表達(dá)方式。
Don't you think Japanese people are healthier? (你不覺(jué)得日本人更健康些嗎?)
I guess so. (可能是吧!)
= I suppose so.
◎也許是真的吧。 It might be true.
*聽(tīng)上去是不太肯定，接近于No (不)的感覺(jué)。
Do you think it's true? (你覺(jué)得那是真的嗎?)
It might be true. (也許是真的吧。)
= It's possible.
◎可能會(huì)吧。 It could be.
*聽(tīng)對(duì)方說(shuō)了許多之后，自己也覺(jué)得“可能會(huì)吧”時(shí)使用。
What do you think? (你覺(jué)得怎么樣?)
It could be true. (也許吧!)
= That could be.
= That could be true.
◎我不太清楚。 I'm not sure. *沒(méi)把握說(shuō)時(shí)，或不知道時(shí)。
Is he in the office now? (他現(xiàn)在在辦公室嗎?)
I'm not sure. (我不太清楚。)
= I'm not certain.
= I can't say for sure.
◎但愿是這樣。 I hope you're right.
It'll be sunny tomorrow. (明天是個(gè)好天吧。)
I hope you're right. (但愿是這樣。)
◎有那么點(diǎn)兒。 Sort of.
Is your dog big? (你的狗大嗎?)
Sort of. (說(shuō)大也大吧!)
= Kind of.
◎差不多吧! It's something like that.
Is this it? (是這個(gè)嗎?)
Yeah, it's something like that. (嗯，差不多吧。)
= That's about it.
= That'll do.
= That's about right.
◎那得看情況。 It depends.
Don't you think you can save more money in Tokyo? (你不覺(jué)得在東京能攢更多的錢嗎?)
It depends. (那得看情況。) *on a case by-case basis “基于具體情況”。
= That depends.
◎也許是，也許不是。 Maybe yes, maybe no.
*雖然有話要說(shuō)，但又不想讓對(duì)方明白時(shí)。
Are you going to ask him? (你打算去問(wèn)他嗎?)
Maybe yes, maybe no. (也許問(wèn)，也許不問(wèn)。)
◎但愿如此。 Hopefully.
*表達(dá)雖然無(wú)法約定，但仍渴望能夠?qū)崿F(xiàn)的心情。
Can you play tomorrow? (明天能去比賽嗎?)
Hopefully. (但愿能去。)
= I hope so.
◎不能保證。 There's no guarantee.
*帶有也許不可能一切順利的語(yǔ)感， 但可以感覺(jué)到成功的概率很高。
Will it make money? (能掙大錢嗎?)
There's no guarantee. (不能保證。)
= I can't guarantee it.
◎我想是的。 I think so.
*可以用于各種場(chǎng)合。表達(dá)“我想是的”、“是那樣”的語(yǔ)感。
Will it rain today? (今天會(huì)下雨嗎?)
I think so. (我想會(huì)吧。)
◎我說(shuō)不好。 I can't say.
*不愿意說(shuō)出秘密或不足以提出意見(jiàn)時(shí)。
Do you know where they are? (你知道他們?cè)谀膬簡(jiǎn)?)
I can't say. (我說(shuō)不好。)
= I couldn't say.
= I can't say for certain.
= I can't say for sure.
= I couldn't say for certain.
◎也是也不是。 Yes and no.
*無(wú)法斷定是“是”還是“不是”時(shí)。
Are the people friendly? (那些人都很友善嗎?)
Yes and no. (也是也不是。)
= Fifty-fifty. *俚語(yǔ)。
◎喜憂參半。/一半一半。 Half and half.
*表示不能斷言好還是不好，無(wú)法確定的心情。同時(shí)有向?qū)Ψ奖硎臼虑檫M(jìn)展得不順利、擱淺的語(yǔ)感。
Is that new plan effective? (那個(gè)新計(jì)劃有效果嗎?)
Half and half. (嗯，難說(shuō)。)
◎我會(huì)試試。 I'll try.
*“試試”、“努力”。
Can you find him? (你能找到他嗎?)
I'll try. (我會(huì)試試。)
= I'll do my best.
= I'll try to.
◎怎么說(shuō)呢。 It's difficult to say.
*用于難以立刻回答時(shí)。
Is your boss nice to you? (你的老板對(duì)你好嗎?)
It's difficult to say. (怎么說(shuō)呢。)
= It's hard to say.
◎還可以更好點(diǎn)。
Could be better. *考慮到對(duì)方的心情，避免給予對(duì)方否定的回答。“還有發(fā)展的余地”、“不能說(shuō)是的”。
Is he a good salesman? (他是個(gè)很好的推銷員嗎?)
Could be better. (還可以更好點(diǎn)。)
◎他給我的回答很含糊。 He gave me an ambiguous answer.
*ambiguous “可以有兩種以上理解的，模棱兩可的”。
= His answer was very vague.
= He wasn't very clear.
◎也許吧。 Maybe.
*雖然有可能性，但較接近于No, 概率只在40%左右，讓人聽(tīng)上去是否定的語(yǔ)氣。與perhaps同義。possibly更拘泥于形式，但同樣含有消極的語(yǔ)感。probably的可能性較大，語(yǔ)感積極，概率在80%到90%左
◎右，給對(duì)方以肯定的，即Yes的感覺(jué)。
Can you finish the report by Friday? (星期五之前你能寫(xiě)完那篇報(bào)告嗎?)
Maybe. (也許吧。)
It may possibly rain, but it will probably be sunny again. (也許下雨，但可能過(guò)會(huì)兒又會(huì)晴了。)
= Possibly.
= Perhaps.
= Probably.
◎不完全。 Not exactly.
*“不能說(shuō)完全是那樣”、“不能斷定就是那樣”的意思。
Do you agree? (你同意嗎?)
Not exactly. (不完全同意。)
= Not quite.
◎可能是吧。 I guess so.
*不能明確斷定，“好像是”、“是吧”等推測(cè)的表達(dá)方式。
Don't you think Japanese people are healthier? (你不覺(jué)得日本人更健康些嗎?)
I guess so. (可能是吧!)
= I suppose so.
◎也許是真的吧。 It might be true.
*聽(tīng)上去是不太肯定，接近于No (不)的感覺(jué)。
Do you think it's true? (你覺(jué)得那是真的嗎?)
It might be true. (也許是真的吧。)
= It's possible.
◎可能會(huì)吧。 It could be.
*聽(tīng)對(duì)方說(shuō)了許多之后，自己也覺(jué)得“可能會(huì)吧”時(shí)使用。
What do you think? (你覺(jué)得怎么樣?)
It could be true. (也許吧!)
= That could be.
= That could be true.
◎我不太清楚。 I'm not sure. *沒(méi)把握說(shuō)時(shí)，或不知道時(shí)。
Is he in the office now? (他現(xiàn)在在辦公室嗎?)
I'm not sure. (我不太清楚。)
= I'm not certain.
= I can't say for sure.
◎但愿是這樣。 I hope you're right.
It'll be sunny tomorrow. (明天是個(gè)好天吧。)
I hope you're right. (但愿是這樣。)
◎有那么點(diǎn)兒。 Sort of.
Is your dog big? (你的狗大嗎?)
Sort of. (說(shuō)大也大吧!)
= Kind of.
◎差不多吧! It's something like that.
Is this it? (是這個(gè)嗎?)
Yeah, it's something like that. (嗯，差不多吧。)
= That's about it.
= That'll do.
= That's about right.
◎那得看情況。 It depends.
Don't you think you can save more money in Tokyo? (你不覺(jué)得在東京能攢更多的錢嗎?)
It depends. (那得看情況。) *on a case by-case basis “基于具體情況”。
= That depends.
◎也許是，也許不是。 Maybe yes, maybe no.
*雖然有話要說(shuō)，但又不想讓對(duì)方明白時(shí)。
Are you going to ask him? (你打算去問(wèn)他嗎?)
Maybe yes, maybe no. (也許問(wèn)，也許不問(wèn)。)
◎但愿如此。 Hopefully.
*表達(dá)雖然無(wú)法約定，但仍渴望能夠?qū)崿F(xiàn)的心情。
Can you play tomorrow? (明天能去比賽嗎?)
Hopefully. (但愿能去。)
= I hope so.
◎不能保證。 There's no guarantee.
*帶有也許不可能一切順利的語(yǔ)感， 但可以感覺(jué)到成功的概率很高。
Will it make money? (能掙大錢嗎?)
There's no guarantee. (不能保證。)
= I can't guarantee it.
◎我想是的。 I think so.
*可以用于各種場(chǎng)合。表達(dá)“我想是的”、“是那樣”的語(yǔ)感。
Will it rain today? (今天會(huì)下雨嗎?)
I think so. (我想會(huì)吧。)
◎我說(shuō)不好。 I can't say.
*不愿意說(shuō)出秘密或不足以提出意見(jiàn)時(shí)。
Do you know where they are? (你知道他們?cè)谀膬簡(jiǎn)?)
I can't say. (我說(shuō)不好。)
= I couldn't say.
= I can't say for certain.
= I can't say for sure.
= I couldn't say for certain.
◎也是也不是。 Yes and no.
*無(wú)法斷定是“是”還是“不是”時(shí)。
Are the people friendly? (那些人都很友善嗎?)
Yes and no. (也是也不是。)
= Fifty-fifty. *俚語(yǔ)。
◎喜憂參半。/一半一半。 Half and half.
*表示不能斷言好還是不好，無(wú)法確定的心情。同時(shí)有向?qū)Ψ奖硎臼虑檫M(jìn)展得不順利、擱淺的語(yǔ)感。
Is that new plan effective? (那個(gè)新計(jì)劃有效果嗎?)
Half and half. (嗯，難說(shuō)。)
◎我會(huì)試試。 I'll try.
*“試試”、“努力”。
Can you find him? (你能找到他嗎?)
I'll try. (我會(huì)試試。)
= I'll do my best.
= I'll try to.
◎怎么說(shuō)呢。 It's difficult to say.
*用于難以立刻回答時(shí)。
Is your boss nice to you? (你的老板對(duì)你好嗎?)
It's difficult to say. (怎么說(shuō)呢。)
= It's hard to say.
◎還可以更好點(diǎn)。
Could be better. *考慮到對(duì)方的心情，避免給予對(duì)方否定的回答。“還有發(fā)展的余地”、“不能說(shuō)是的”。
Is he a good salesman? (他是個(gè)很好的推銷員嗎?)
Could be better. (還可以更好點(diǎn)。)
◎他給我的回答很含糊。 He gave me an ambiguous answer.
*ambiguous “可以有兩種以上理解的，模棱兩可的”。
= His answer was very vague.
= He wasn't very clear.