校園英語口語習慣用語第290期:weight one's words

weight one's words 字斟句酌

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【講解】

weight本義爲“稱量”，引申爲“衡量，斟酌”。該習語的字面意思是“衡最字句”，意即“字斟句酌”。

【對話】

A:What are you doing?

A:你在幹什麼？

B:I am writing a letter to my boyfriend.

B:我正打算給男朋友寫信。

A:You look so serious?

A:那爲什麼你看起來一臉嚴肅呀？

B:I'm just weighing my words. I don't want to marry him, but I don't want to hurt his feeling, either.

B:我只是在斟酌字句，我不想嫁給他，又不想傷他的心。