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本集題目
A: Cats are the most adorable animals in the world.
B: _________(選錯誤的答案)--Choose the wrong answer.
(A) I couldn’t agree with you more.
(B) I completely agree with you.
(C) I could agree with you less.
(D) I totally agree with you.
(答案在文末)
Unit 9 I can’t agree with you more. 或 I couldn’t agree with you more.?
例 I fully / totally / completely agree with you. (O)
(我完全同意你的看法。)
例 A: That girl over there is really pretty.
B: I can’t agree with you more. (較少見)
→ I couldn’t agree with you more. (O)
= I fully agree with you. (O)
A:那邊那個女孩子真美。
B:我完全同意你的看法。
此處 “I couldn’t agree with you more” 按字面的翻譯是「我無法更加同意你的看法了。」,意即「我同意你的看法,同意到了極點,無法復加了。」,是與現在事實相反的假設語氣,故助動詞 can’t 應改為過去式。
現在事實:I fully agree with you. (我完全同意你的看法。)
原句實為:I fully agree with you. If you asked me to agree with you more, I couldn’t.
(你若要我再多同意你一點,我做不到。) 即:我完全/同意你到了極點,無法再更同意了。
C. 例 A: How’s it goin’? (goin [ ˋgoɪn] 是 going 的口語說法)
B: (It) Can’t be better. (×)
→ (It) Couldn’t be better.(O)
A:一切都好嗎?
B:好得不得了/好極了。(好到無法更好的地步了。)
例 A: I’ve heard your ex-girlfriend is getting married next month.
B: I can’t care less. (×)
→ I couldn’t care less. (O)
= I don’t care at all.(O)
= I don’t give a damn. (O,俚語)
A:聽說你的前女友下個月就要結婚了。
B:我才不在乎呢。(我不在乎到了極點,無法更加不在乎了。)
答案: 1. C