單說Take a guess,英文里就是讓別人來猜猜看。你也可以把它用在你的回答中,表示只是一種猜測(cè),別太當(dāng)真就好。
例:If I had to take a guess, I'd say she's 30.
如果一定讓我猜的話,我覺得她得有30歲了。
2. At a guess
人家一開口,你聽到了at a guess,就知道對(duì)方是在猜測(cè)了。這個(gè)短語要表達(dá)的是“大約、估計(jì)”的意思。
例:At a guess, there were forty people at the party.
我猜,有40人參加了派對(duì)。
3. Chances are...
猜測(cè)總會(huì)有很多種可能,想要說出你認(rèn)為的那種可能,就用Chances are來引導(dǎo)吧!
例:Chances are she has already heard the news.
我猜她八成已經(jīng)聽說了。
4. (Right) off the top of one's head
不假思索,也不用知道太多,一個(gè)猜想就直接冒出來了,靈光乍現(xiàn)的趕腳,有木有?這時(shí),你可以使用上面這個(gè)短語。
例:-How much do you think this car would be worth on a trade?
你覺得這車要是賣的話多少錢?
-Well, right off the top of my head, I'd say about a thousand.
呃... 我猜大概1000塊。
5. Shot in the dark
大黑天的亂放一槍,你擊中目標(biāo)的可能性太小了。這個(gè)短語借此比喻碰運(yùn)氣、是瞎猜噠!
例:We had nothing to go by. It was a shot in the dark, but it turned out right.
我們沒什么根據(jù),不過是瞎猜,結(jié)果還猜對(duì)了。