第385期:除了"all right",你会用"fair enough"吗

 　　fair enough: 同意或接受但有所保留; 有道理；说得对；

　　Definition:

　　You use fair enough when you want to say that a statement, decision, or action seems reasonable to a certain extent, but that perhaps there is more to be said or done

　　New Words:

　　justification¹: n. 理由；辩护；认为有理，认为正当；

　　bureaucrat²: n. 官僚；官僚主义者

　　clinician: n. 临床医生

　　1.If you don't like it, fair enough, but that's hardly a justification to attack the whole thing

　　如果你不喜欢，这说得过去，但把它批得一无是处就没什么道理了。

　　——《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

　　2.Fair enough. But the reforms replaced bureaucrats³ with clinicians, which seems to have encouraged creative thinking.

　　虽有道理，但是改革用临床医生代替了官僚分子，似乎还鼓励了创造性思维。

　　——《经济学人》

　　3."I can't come because I'm working late." "Fair enough."

　　“我不能来因为要工作到很晚。”“好吧，我知道了。”——摘自谷歌

　　4."She said she didn’t want to work for anyone else." "OK, fair enough."

　　“她说她不想给别人打工。”“嗯，挺好的。”

　　5.If you want to waste your time, fair enough, but don't waste mine too.

　　如果你想浪费你的时间，可以，但是不要浪费我的时间。

　　摘自——macmillandictionary

1 justification   

n.正当的理由；辩解的理由

参考例句：

• There's no justification for dividing the company into smaller units. 没有理由把公司划分成小单位。
• In the young there is a justification for this feeling. 在年轻人中有这种感觉是有理由的。

2 bureaucrat   

n. 官僚作风的人，官僚，官僚政治论者

参考例句：

• He was just another faceless bureaucrat.他只不过是一个典型呆板的官员。
• The economy is still controlled by bureaucrats.经济依然被官僚们所掌控。

3 bureaucrats   

n.官僚( bureaucrat的名词复数 )；官僚主义；官僚主义者；官僚语言

参考例句：

• That is the fate of the bureaucrats, not the inspiration of statesmen. 那是官僚主义者的命运，而不是政治家的灵感。 来自辞典例句
• Big business and dozens of anonymous bureaucrats have as much power as Japan's top elected leaders. 大企业和许多不知名的官僚同日本选举出来的最高层领导者们的权力一样大。 来自辞典例句