怀疑时
真的? Really?
*“真的吗?”。询问对方的语气，也常说Oh, really?
He's 38. (他38岁。)
Really? (真的?)
= Are you sure? *“敢肯定吗?”，想要确认的心情，要比上句稍强。
◎你是认真的吗? Are you serious?
I want to break up with you. (我想和你分手。)
= Are you serious? (你是认真的吗?)*有些怀疑对方的语感。
◎开玩笑呢吧? Are you joking?
I quit my job. (我把工作辞了。)
= Are you joking? (开玩笑呢吧?)
= Do you mean it? (是真的吗?)
= Are you kidding? (是说着玩吧?)
*kid 常来表示“耍弄，开玩笑”。
◎我怀疑。I doubt it.
*表示对别人的话抱有怀疑的心情。
Do you think you'll get a raise? (你觉得你能涨工资吗?)
I doubt it. (我怀疑。)
= It's doubtful!
= I don't think so. (我不这样认为。)
= I wouldn't bet on it.
= It's chancy. *俚语。
= It's iffy. *非常随便的说法。
◎听起来可疑。It sounds fishy to me.
*fishy 除了表示“鱼的，像鱼的”之外，它还有“靠不住的，可疑的”意思。
What do you think? (你怎么想?)
It sounds fishy to me. (听起来很可疑。)
= It sounds suspicious to me.
= It sounds funny to me.
= Something's fishy.
= I smell a rat.
*smell a rat 为短语，表示“感到有可疑之处”、“事情很可疑”的意思。
◎我不信他的话。I won't buy that story.
*此处的buy表示“相信(believe)，当真”，而不表示“买”，口语中常用。
He said she is his sister. (他说她是他的妹妹。)
I won't buy that story. (我不信他的话。)
I won't buy that story. (我不会信他的话的。)
But, it's true. (可那是真的呀。)
= I don't buy it.
= I won't believe that story.
◎你认为她是当真的吗? Do you think she's serious?
She told me she likes you. (她告诉我她喜欢你。)
Do you think she's serious? (你想她是认真的吗?)
◎我不把他的话太当真。I don't take him too seriously.
= I don't pay much attention to what he says.
*pay attention to...“对……严加注意”、“对……留意”。
= I don't take him very seriously.
◎我不相信他。I don't believe him.
I don't believe him. (我不相信他。)
What makes you say that? (你为什么这么说呢?)
= I don't trust him.
= I don't think he is telling the truth. (我认为他没说真话。)
= I think he is lying. (我认为他在说谎。)
◎有这么好的事! It's too good to be true.
*直译是“说得太好了”，表示事情或情况好得过分。
I won two tickets to Hawaii! (我赢了两张去夏威夷的票。)
It's too good to be true. (有这么好的事!)
= It's so unbelievably good that there has to be something wrong. (哪有这么便宜的事!)
= Nothing this good ever happens, it must be a mistake. (不会有这么好的事，一定是搞错了。)
= It can't be! It's too good to believe! (怎么可能!好得让人难以置信。)
