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for what it's worth

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for what it's worth

  1. 依我之見,我是覺得但是用來謙虛地表示自己說的話不一定有用,有關,但是還是(為了它「可能具有的有限的價值」)說出來,漢語中沒有很準確的等價詞
    • 1877, Julian Hawthorne, Garth,頁號 343:
      Take my advice for what it’s worth—don’t marry Garth: marry some old fool.
      (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
    • 1908, Armand Both, The Half-smart Set, Frederick A. Stokes Company, page 276:
      「Well,」 said he, 「I have a suggestion to make, for what it’s worth.」
    • 1999, Bruce Northam, Brad Olsen, In Search of Adventure: A Wild Travel Anthology, →ISBN,頁號 21:
      There were seven of us from America, and, for what it’s worth, I thought it was a fairly impressive group.
      (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)
    • 2005, Jennifer Rosen, Waiter, There’s A Horse In My Wine, →ISBN,頁號 253:
      For what it’s worth, the same holds true for fish bowls: overfill and you’ll suffocate the guppies.
      (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)

用法說明[編輯]

本詞可用來暗示聽話人、讀者可以說出他們相反的意見,以此凸顯自己的謙遜,表示自己說的可能有用,也可能沒用,或者可能與對方觀點相悖。

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