老外最常用的英文短语 第291期:know for sure

 　　释义：

　　know for sure 明确知道

　　这是在表不很明确地知道某事时用到的表达。可以单独使用为 know for sure,也可以使用 know for sure 主语+动词的形态。没有自信时，经常会用作否定形式。

　　例句：

　　All we know for sure is that he seems¹ to hate² Liz as³ much as I do.

　　我们都知道，他像我恨莉斯一样恨她。

　　I think she might⁴ be a lesbian but I don't know for sure.

　　我觉得她是个同性恋，不过不太肯定。

　　She only suspects⁵ something. She doesn't know for sure.

　　她只是在怀疑断么，不过她也不太确定。

　　对话：

　　A: I know for sure I'll become a lawyer⁶.

　　我敢肯定我能成为一个律师。

　　B: You'll have to study really hard.

　　你得努力学习了。

1 seems   

v.好像，仿佛( seem的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• She seems to feel ambivalent about her new job. 她似乎对新工作忧喜参半。
• Her return to the team now seems a certainty. 她的归队现在似乎已成定局。

2 hate   

n.憎恨，厌恶，厌恶的人或事；vt.憎恨，不愿；vi.表示憎恨

参考例句：

• We hate our enemy.我们憎恨敌人。
• Snakes are my special hate.蛇是我最憎恶的东西。

3 as   

conj.按照；如同

参考例句：

• He got work in a hotel as a waiter.他在一家旅馆找到了当服务生的工作。
• In the hotel,the old men were drinking away as usual.在旅馆里，这些老人和往常一样喝个不停。

4 might   

aux./v.(may的过去式)可能；可以，允许

参考例句：

• It looks as if it might snow.看起来好像要下雪了。
• Might I ask a question?我能问个问题吗？

5 suspects   

v.猜疑（是）( suspect的第三人称单数 )；怀疑；不信任；怀疑…有罪

参考例句：

• The suspects all had alibis for the day of the robbery. 嫌疑人均有证据证明抢劫当天不在犯罪现场。
• The British government attempted to extradite the suspects from Belgium. 英国政府试图从比利时引渡犯罪嫌疑人。

6 lawyer   

n.律师，法学家

参考例句：

• My son is a lawyer.我儿子是律师。
• A lawyer is often called in to write a will.律师常被请来写遗嘱。