1 (Right) off the top of one's head
木有多想,也不用知道太多,一個(gè)猜想就直接冒出來(lái)了,靈光乍現(xiàn)的趕腳,有木有?這時(shí),你可以使用上面這個(gè)短語(yǔ)。
例: Mary: How much do you think this car would be worth on a trade? 瑪麗:你覺(jué)得這車要是賣的話多少錢? Fred: Well, right off the top of my head, I'd say about a thousand. 弗萊德:呃... 我猜大概1000塊。
2 At a guess
人家一開口,你聽到了at a guess,就知道對(duì)方是在猜測(cè)了。這個(gè)短語(yǔ)要表達(dá)的是“大約、估計(jì)”的意思。
例: At a guess, there were forty people at the party. 我猜,有40人參加了派對(duì)。
3 Chances are...
猜測(cè)總會(huì)有很多種可能,想要說(shuō)出你認(rèn)為的那種可能,就用Chances are來(lái)引導(dǎo)吧!
例: Chances are she has already heard the news. 我猜她八成已經(jīng)聽說(shuō)了。
4 Take a guess
單說(shuō)Take a guess,英文里就是讓別人來(lái)猜猜看。你也可以把它用在你的回答中,表示只是一種猜測(cè),別太當(dāng)真就好~
例: If I had to take a guess, I'd say she's 30. 如果一定讓我猜的話,我覺(jué)得她得有30歲了。
5 Shot in the dark
大黑天的亂放一槍,你擊中目標(biāo)的可能性太小了。這個(gè)短語(yǔ)借此比喻碰運(yùn)氣、是瞎猜噠!
例: We had nothing to go by. It was a shot in the dark, but it turned out right. 我們沒(méi)什么根據(jù),不過(guò)是瞎猜,結(jié)果還猜對(duì)了。