1 (Right) off the top of one's head
木有多想,也不用知道太多,一個猜想就直接冒出來了,靈光乍現(xiàn)的趕腳,有木有?這時,你可以使用上面這個短語。
例: Mary: How much do you think this car would be worth on a trade? 瑪麗:你覺得這車要是賣的話多少錢? Fred: Well, right off the top of my head, I'd say about a thousand. 弗萊德:呃... 我猜大概1000塊。
2 At a guess
人家一開口,你聽到了at a guess,就知道對方是在猜測了。這個短語要表達的是“大約、估計”的意思。
例: At a guess, there were forty people at the party. 我猜,有40人參加了派對。
3 Chances are...
猜測總會有很多種可能,想要說出你認為的那種可能,就用Chances are來引導吧!
例: Chances are she has already heard the news. 我猜她八成已經(jīng)聽說了。
4 Take a guess
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,別太當真就好~
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。
5 Shot in the dark
大黑天的亂放一槍,你擊中目標的可能性太小了。這個短語借此比喻碰運氣、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)果還猜對了。