Absolute
You’d better develop the habit of saying “you’re absolutely right”. It costs you nothing.
你最好养成说“你是绝对正确的”的习惯,你又没损失什么东西。
I almost feel compelled to admire you. You always think twice before you say absolutely nothing!
我几乎不得不佩服你了,你在什么也没说以前总是考虑再三。
注:讽刺有些人谨小慎微,思前想后,什么也不敢说。
Student: If it was up to you would you penalize a person for something he didn’t do?
Teacher: Absolutely not!
Student: Good, I didn’t do last night’s homework.
学生:如果您来决定,你会因为一个人没有做什么而处罚他吗?
老师:绝对不会!
学生:很好,我没有做左晚的作业。
The most precious thing we have is life. Yet it has absolutely no trade-in value.
我们拥有的最珍贵的东西就是生命,它还绝对没有折旧价值。
注:二手房越来越贵,二手车卖得也不便宜,但二手生命就不值钱了。
场景再现:《英雄》拍得风光很漂亮,但你讨厌某个演员的表演,你说:
The scenery[I] is absolutely beautiful but the actors got in front of it.
景色绝对美丽,但演员挡在了前面。