3分鐘學(xué)英語 [315]:外國人說pretty sure并不是100%確定哦!

100% 確定

Absolutely
絕對地

【例句一】
Are you absolutely sure Jane said she wanted to quit?
你絕對肯定Jane說了她想辭職嗎?

【例句二】
I'm absolutely sure I'll have this report finished by Friday. You can count on me.
我絕對肯定周五能把這個報告完成。你可以相信我。

Definitely
肯定地

【例句】
Mark says he's definitely sure he saw Kim and Marta at the bar last night.
Mark說他昨晚在酒吧肯定看到Kim和Marta了。

Entirely
完全地，徹底地

【例句】
How can you be entirely sure nothing will go wrong?
你怎么能完全肯定不會出差錯?

80-90% 確定

Quite
很

【例句一】
I'm quite sure they'll approve our funding for the research.
我很確定他們會通過我們的研究經(jīng)費。

【例句二】
Look at the sky. I'm quite sure it's gonna rain so we better get out of here.
看看天吧，我很確定要下雨了，我們趕緊走吧。

70-80% 確定

Pretty
挺，比較

【例句】
Pretty sure isn't good enough. I need you to be absolutely sure you want to do this.
挺確定不行，我需要你絕對的肯定能做好這件事。

Fairly
挺，比較

【例句一】
Nick's fairly sure the restaurant's on 5th Avenue, but we should check online.
Nick挺確定這個餐廳就在第五大道上，但是我們還是可以在網(wǎng)上查一下。

【例句二】
I'm fairly sure they'll agree to our terms.
我挺確定他們會答應(yīng)我們的條件的。

50-60% 確定

Somewhat
差不多

【例句】
I didn't really talk with Fred about the situation, but I'm somewhat sure he's on our side.
我沒真的跟Fred談過這個情況，但是我差不多確定他站在我們這一邊。

Not entirely sure
不是100%確定

 

 

【例句】
A: How sure are you?
你有多確定啊?
B: Well I'm not entirely sure. I'll have to do some more research.
哦，我也不是100%確定，我得做些調(diào)查。

Not sure
不確定

【例句一】
I'm not sure how much I paid for this computer. It was a long time ago.
我不確定當(dāng)時買這電腦花了多少錢。很久以前的事了。

【例句二】
We're not sure where we're going for vacation. We haven't thought about it.
我們不確定要去哪度假。我們還沒想過呢。

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