拒絕各種事有各種不同說法, 我們一起來學學吧！
1. I am sorry to turn you down.
我很抱歉必須拒絕你.
- turn sb down, turn down sb
** turn sb down 不是 let sb down 喔！
2. I am not interested.
我沒有興趣.
3. I'll think about it.
我要考慮看看.
4. I can't afford it
我付不起.
5. I can't handle it.
我應付不來.
這個 handle 跟 afford 的區別要分清楚, handle 指的是事情上應付不來, 而 afford 多半指金錢上無法負擔.
--口語上handle 也有敷衍的意思：Are you handling me?
6. I am really not in the mood.
我真的沒有什麼心情.
7. There is nothing to talk about.
沒什麼好說的.
當別人問你的問題你不想回答或懶得回答時就可以回答, "There is nothing to talk about." 例如有人問你考試考幾分? 你自己考得太差而不想講, 就可以說, "There is nothing to talk about." 另外一個類似的用法叫 "No comment." 就是說無可奉告的意思.
8. I really want to, but I got hundreds of things to do.
我想去, 可是我有好多好多事情要做.
9. I don't want to go and that's that.
我不想去, 就是這樣.
That's that 通常是接在否定句後, 意思是, 就這樣了, 不必再多說了. 這樣的語氣是很強烈的, 通常聽的人可能會不太高興.
"That's that." 這句話跟 "That's it." 不太一樣, "That's it." 的意思是就這樣吧, 就這些吧, 在點餐時會用的到. That's that 則是表示不想再跟對方談下去了, 同樣的情況, 你也可以這麼說, "The conversation is over." 我想這個意思也很明顯了.
10. That's enough, anymore is just overkill.
那就夠了, 再多一點也是多餘的.
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