回答“是”别再用“ok”、“yes”了!又土又不真诚!太尴尬啦

说起世界上最广为人知的英文单词

这么多年的英语恐怕人人都能

脱口而出“Okay”(OK)这个词

那关于它的知识,你又知道多少?


回答“是”别再用“ok”、“yes”了!又土又不真诚!太尴尬啦


OK的来源


OK的来源众说纷纭,暂无定论。

有人认为它是“all correct”

故意拼错的缩写

有人认为它来自美国前总统

马丁·范布伦(Martin Van Buren)


回答“是”别再用“ok”、“yes”了!又土又不真诚!太尴尬啦


OK的用法


“OK” 常用于口语或非正式书面语

不但写法和读法变化多端

而且其语法功能和语用功能

也是多样的不同场合不同用法


学了十多年英语

交流是一个相互的过程

你来我往,也要表达自己的观点

一直说ok,词穷这个bug暴露地太明显

划重点:别人还会觉得你在假客套!


回答“是”别再用“ok”、“yes”了!又土又不真诚!太尴尬啦


That’s ok


不要看到ok就觉得是赞同,好的 没问题

That's ok和ok恰恰是相反的

它的意思是我很好,不用麻烦了

外国人听到这句话的时候

就以为是委婉地拒绝


表示赞同的其他用法


▲ Exactly/Absolutely

对啊


● Exactly! Can you imagine that?对啊!很难想象吧?

● That is way too romantic!

也太浪漫了吧!


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● So you mean he literally proposed to you yesterday?

你的意思是,他昨天在海滩上向你求婚吗?

● Exactly! Can you imagine that?

对啊!很难想象吧?


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● Did it bring you something good?

它给你带来了什么好处吗?

● Absolutely not.

当然没有。


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▲ Totally/Definitely/Certainly

正是


● I just don’t think it’s possible for us to overwork every single day until midnight.我觉得要我们每天加班到半夜根本是天方夜谭嘛!

● Totally! How could we get a normal life like this?真的!这样最好是可以有正常的生活啦!


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▲ For sure!

那当然


● Alan said he will buy us drink tonight.

Alan说今晚的酒他会买单!

● For sure! He got promotion and this is totally worth celebrating for!

那当然!他升职太值得庆祝啦!


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▲ Right/Correct

对啊


● Maybe you should take a taxi instead of the bus so that you can be there

为了能够准时到达,也许你应该搭出租车,而不是公交车。

● Right! Good idea!对耶!好主意!


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● Let me guess. You are accepted by the graduate school, right?

如果我猜得没错,你被那间研究所录取了吧?

● Correct! And I also got the scholarship! It’s really amazing!

没错!而且我还拿到奖学金噢!太棒了!


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▲ It's ture!

真的!


● It’s true! There’s no way he can survive in this kind of weather without a proper jacket.真的!他最好是可以忍受在这么冷的天气还不穿保暖的外套呢!

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●It’s true that studying abroad can help students develop themselves. Language skills will improve and it may be easier to find jobs.

留学确实可以帮助学生发展自己。语言能力将会提高,而且可能更容易找到工作。


回答“是”别再用“ok”、“yes”了!又土又不真诚!太尴尬啦


▲ One hundred percent!

毫无疑问 / 毋庸置疑


● Are you sure this is safe enough? I still doubt it.

你确定这个真的安全吗?我还是觉得有点怀疑。

● One hundred percent!

毋庸置疑啦!


回答“是”别再用“ok”、“yes”了!又土又不真诚!太尴尬啦


▲ You bet!

当然了(多用于口语)


● Do you like this dinner?

你喜欢这顿晚餐吗?

● You bet! That was great!

是的!很棒!


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