交流表达-039.Opinion

意见 Opinion

征求意见 Asking for opinions

How about?

What about?

Whether do if ?

Would that do ?

What do you say?

What do you reckon¹?

what’s your overview²?

What do you feel?

What’s your opinion?

What do you think of it?

I’d be grad to have your view on

I’d be grad to have your comments on ..

I’d like to have your opinion on..

I don’t think much of.. ,do you?

That’s all right with you, … are pretty awful, aren’t they?

Do you have any particular views on?

表达意见 Expressing opinions

Don’t you think?

Personally I see.

Personally I feel

Personally I believe.

Personally I consider.

My own view of the matter is…

My position on this problem is that …

If you ask me , I think

You know what I think, I think

I can’t help thinking that

Well, I must say

I’d like to point out that …

If I may say so

说明意见 Stating one’s opinions

….makes no odds³ to me

I really don’t know what to say.

I really don’t have any opinion about

I really don’t have anything to say about

It doesn’t really affect me ,I’m afraid.

It doesn’t matter to me ,I’m afraid.

I have no strong feelings about the matter.

I can’t say I have any particular views on the issue⁴.

I don’t hold any particular position on that project.

I couldn’t say I’m afraid.

I couldn’t say I’m afraid. It’s beyond me.

I really don’t know what to think about .

I’ve nothing to say about the …

It is not something I consider a great deal I’m afraid.

避免直抒己见 Stating in the indirect⁵ way

Not my department, I’m afraid.

Well, I don’t know really.

Do you think so .

I’d have to think about it

I’m afraid I can’t comment on.

I’m sorry I’m no judge of

设法改变他人意见 Try to change someone’s opinion

But look at it like this

Well, think of it this way

But don’t you think?

I guess that’s partly true, but

Yes, but you didn’t get the main point.

But seen from another angle ,one might say

Surely you don’t think it possibly to

1 reckon   

vt.计算，估计，认为；vi.计（算），判断，依靠

参考例句：

• Don't reckon upon your relatives to help you out of trouble.不要指望你的亲戚会帮助你摆脱困境。
• I reckon that he is rather too old to marry again.我认为他的年龄太大，不太适于再婚。

2 overview   

n.概观，概述

参考例句：

• The opening chapter gives a brief historical overview of transport.第一章是运输史的简要回顾。
• The seminar aims to provide an overview on new media publishing.研讨会旨在综览新兴的媒体出版。

3 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

4 issue   

n.出版，发行，（报刊等）期、号，论点，问题，结果， （水，血等的）流出；vt.使流出，放出，发行（钞票等），发布（命令），出版（书等）发给；vi.发行，流出，造成...结果，进行辩护，传下

参考例句：

• I bought the book the day after its issue.这书出版后的第一天，我就去买了它。
• I'll support her down the line on that issue.在那个问题上我将全力支持她。

5 indirect   

adj.间接的，转弯抹角的，非直接的

参考例句：

• What he said was very indirect.他的话很婉转。
• He gave only an indirect answer.他只作了间接的回答。