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I can't praise the quality of your
advice too highly
你的意見真的非常寶貴
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對話 John:Did you get the result you were hoping for? 約翰:你們得到想要的結果了沒？ Vera:Yes we did, and largely thanks to you. 薇拉:得到了，真是多虧你啦。 John:What do you mean? 約翰:為甚麼這麼說？ Vera:Well it was largely your guidance that made it possible. 薇拉:嗯，我們成功，主要是因為有你的指引。 John:Well I'm sure that wasn't the most important thing. 約翰:啊，這應該不是最主要的原因。 Vera:Yes it was, and I can't praise the quality of your advice too highly. 薇拉:那的確是最主要的原因，你的意見真的非常寶貴。 |
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承君指點，拜賜多矣 約翰問薇拉成功了沒有，薇拉說：Yes we did, and largely thanks to you。Thanks to somebody/something是「拜某人/某事物所賜」的意思，有時作反話，指「被某人/某事物所累」。這話一般會附在一子句(clause)前後，如何拜賜或受累即由該子句說明，例如：(1) Thanks to John's advice, we have succeeded（多虧約翰的意見，我們成功了）。(2) We lost the battle, thanks to his misinformation（我們被他的錯誤情報連累，打了敗仗）。No thanks to somebody/something則是說「非某人/某事物的功勞」，例如：We have survived the financial crisis, but no thanks to the government（我們熬過了金融危機，但其間政府並沒有幫忙）。I can't praise the quality of your advice too highly一語，切勿直譯做「我不能太過稱許你的意見」。Can't.....too有「怎樣都不能算是太過」的意思，換言之，「我怎樣稱許你的意見，都不能算過份」。以下例句，讀者不妨仔細揣摩，以免他日誤解類似句子：(1) You cannot be too/over careful when handling electrical appliances（處理電器，必須非常小心）。(2) I cannot thank you enough（我對你感激不盡）。(3) The importance of his contributions cannot be exaggerated/overemphasized（他的貢獻非常重要）。然則「不應太過小心」或「不應誇張他的貢獻」，英文該怎麼說？你可以用must not代替cannot：You must not be too careful、The importance of his contributions must not be exaggerated。 |