Nope

不是

‘Nope’ is used as an informal way of saying no, but only when answering a yes or no question, usually when the answer is not of great significance to the person who asked the question. You often smile when you say ‘nope’.

“Nope”是一種非正式的表示“不”的方式，但僅在回答“是”或“否”問題時(shí)使用，通常情況下，回答對(duì)提問者來說意義不大。在說“Nope”時(shí)你常常要微笑。

‘Nope’ can never be used in the middle of a sentence, and shouldn’t be used if the person who asked the question is going to be annoyed or upset by you giving a negative answer.

“Nope”不能在句子中間使用，如果提問的人對(duì)你的否定回答感到惱火或不安時(shí)，不要使用這個(gè)表達(dá)。

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Example 1.

例1

It’s 8 o’clock at night and you were supposed to have dinner on the table, but you fell asleep and haven’t made dinner. You know person 1 will be very angry that you didn’t do what they asked. Saying ‘nope’ will only make them angrier. Instead, answer something like:

現(xiàn)在是晚上8點(diǎn)了，你本應(yīng)該在桌上吃飯的，但你睡著了，還沒做晚飯。你知道某一個(gè)人會(huì)很生氣，因?yàn)槟銢]有按他們的要求去做。說“不”只會(huì)讓他們更生氣。相反，像如下這樣回答問題：

Person 1: Is dinner ready?

第一個(gè)人：晚餐準(zhǔn)備好了嗎?

Person 2: I’m so sorry but I fell asleep and didn’t make anything, but let me order a pizza! What do you want on yours?

第二個(gè)人：很抱歉，我睡著了，什么也沒做，但是我來點(diǎn)一份披薩吧!你想要什么?

Example 2.

例2

Person 1 is looking for something at work. They don’t seem particularly worried. You can use ‘nope’, as your answer isn’t particularly significant to them.

第一個(gè)人在工作時(shí)找東西。他們似乎并不是特別擔(dān)心。你可以用“nope”，因?yàn)槟愕幕卮饘?duì)他們來說并不特別重要。

Person 1: Have you seen my stapler?

第一個(gè)人：你看到我的訂書機(jī)了嗎?

Person 2: Nope.

第二個(gè)人：并沒有。

Nah

不

Like ‘nope’, ‘nah’ is an informal way of saying ‘no’. Although it’s also only used to answer yes or no questions, it’s used in a different context. Nah is often used when someone asks if you want / need anything, for example：

就像‘nope’，‘nah’是一種非正式的表達(dá)‘不’的方式。雖然它也只用于回答是或否的問題，但它在不同的上下文中使用。當(dāng)有人問你是否想要/需要什么時(shí)，例如：

Person 1: Do you want a lift?

第一個(gè)人：你要搭車嗎?

Person 2: Nah, I’m alright thanks.

第二個(gè)人：不用了，我沒事，謝謝。

Or if you can’t be bothered to do something:

或者如果你不想做什么：

Person 1: Do you want to go to the shops today?

第一個(gè)人：你今天想去商店嗎?

Person 2: Nah.

第二個(gè)人：不想去。

Saying ‘no’ softly

輕輕地說“不”

Sometimes you want to say no, but either you’re not sure or you want to soften your answer, because the person you’re answering will be offended by a negative answer.

有時(shí)你想說不，但要么你不確定，要么你想使你的回答變得委婉，因?yàn)槟阋�回答的人�?huì)被否定的回答冒犯。

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