每日一句口语 54

It's up to... 由……来决定

用法透视

"to"后面接代词宾格或名词，表示“由……来做决定；取决于……；是……的职责”。

支持范例

1. Do you want to eat a Western or Chinese meal? It's up to you.

吃西餐还是中餐？由你来决定。

2. It's up to us to help those in need.

我们有责任帮助那些有困难的人。

3. It's not up to you to tell me how to do my job.

用不着你来告诉我怎样做我自己的工作。

会话记忆

A: I'm looking forward to our son's graduation this weekend.

我盼着这个周末儿子毕业呢。

B: Yes. So am I. But what will he do after graduation? He really needs to go to college.

我也是。不过他毕业后做什么呢？他需要上大学。

A: Well, dear, we can't force him to go to college. It's up to him.

可是亲爱的，我们不能强迫他上大学啊，这得由他决定。

B: I know that but he has to learn to be independent. He can't just keep living at home.

我知道，但他得学会自立，他不能老待在家里。

多说两句：

"It's up to"后面通常跟的是某人。还有一个短语也表示“取决于……；由……决定”，即"depend on"，但这个短语后面跟的通常是某事物。例如：

It all depend on whether she like the boss or not. 

一切都取决于她喜欢还是不喜欢这个老板。 

But that all depend on the specific¹ circumstances². 

不过，那要看具体情况而定。

1 specific   

adj.明确的；具体的；特定的

参考例句：

• The money is to be used for specific purposes.这笔钱有专门用途。
• We haven't fixed a specific date for our meeting.我们会议的具体日期还没有定下来。

2 circumstances   

n.境况；境遇；（尤指）经济状况；命运；环境( circumstance的名词复数 )；事件；境遇；机遇

参考例句：

• The company reserves the right to cancel this agreement in certain circumstances. 本公司保留在一定条件下取消这项协议的权利。
• There were extenuating circumstances and the defendant did not receive a prison sentence. 因有可减轻罪行的情节被告未被判刑。