看美剧学英语高频短语:By all means
本帖最后由 Fannie 于 2020-9-15 08:11 编辑By all means: In any way possible, regardless of risk or expense; Certainly,absolutely.(spoken) used to say that you are very willing for somebody to have something or do something.
E.G.1: By all means, come to our party if you end up being free on Saturday night!
E.G.2: There will be a lot of people at this event, but we need to court that one big investor by all means.
中文释义:By all means的意思是“一定,无论如何,用一切手段”。例:You must bring him here by all means.(你们一定要设法把他带到这里来。)By all means也可用于回答,表示有礼貌的同意,作“好的”、“当然可以”的意思。例:May I have one?—Yes,by all means.(我可以拿一个吗?——当然可以。)另外引申一个相似短语By no means的意思是“决不”,相当于not at all。例:She is by no means bright.(她一点儿也不聪明。)
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