校園英語口語習(xí)慣用語(MP3+字幕)第102期:for certain

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for certain 確定無疑地
    【講解】
    此語意為“確定無疑地”,作為副詞短語作狀 語,修飾動(dòng)詞,常與know, say等詞連用,例如:I cannot say for certain when he will ar-rive.(我說不準(zhǔn)他什么時(shí)候來。)動(dòng)詞短語 make certain指“弄清楚,弄明白”,例如:He makes certain that all the facts are correct.(他査明所有事實(shí)都正確無誤。)
    【對(duì)話】
    A:How're you going to prepare for the test?
    A:你想怎樣復(fù)習(xí)來準(zhǔn)備這場考試?
    B:Well, I'm not going to learn the grammatical rules by heart.
    B:嗯,我不會(huì)去背語法規(guī)則的。
    A:But those are exactly the things I was going to do.
    A:可這正是我要做的。
    B:No, you don't have to do that. The teacher is going to examine the language skills, not language knowledge.
    B:不,用不著。老師要考的是語言技巧,不是語言知識(shí)。
    A:Are you sure?
    A:你敢肯定?
    B:I say this for certain.
    B:絕對(duì)肯定。