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2010 年11 月 05 日 (No.483)
 
 
 
    說明：
    表示就算用盡所有可能的方法，「無論如何」、「務必」達成某事。此外，也常用來允許別人做某事，或答應別人的請求。
     
    示範句：
  A: May I borrow your pen?
    Ａ：我可以借你的筆嗎？
     
  B: By all means.
    Ｂ：當然可以。
     
  If you like the shirt so much, then by all means buy it.
    你要是那麼喜歡那件襯衫，無論如何也要買下來。
     
    by no means 「絕不；一點也不」
  Victory in this battle is by no means the end of the war.
      這場戰役的勝利絕不是戰爭結束。
     
    by any means 「無論如何；不計一切」
  I will win this game by any means necessary.
      我將會不計一切贏得比賽。
     
 
     
   
   
先小試一下身手，看看用哪個單字才對？
1. Sandra was ____________ (hurt/injured) that Bobby didn't come to her party.
2. I severely ____________ (hurt/injured) my finger on the table saw.
     
    關鍵說明 ：
    hurt 和 injure 有什麼不一樣？一起來看看。
   
 
hurt
injure
使用情境
☉
（身體部位）感到疼痛
☉
使人傷心；痛心
☉
由指在事故上受傷
☉
常用於損害名聲、成就、自尊心等
注意
口語 it won't hurt to V. ... 指的是「做（某事）並沒有損失」
     
    示範句：
   

hurt
  She was only hurt a little when the baseball hit her.
   

她被棒球打到，只受了一點輕傷。
     
 

She hurt her husband's feelings when she said he should lose weight.
   

她對老公說該減肥了，傷了他的心。
   
   

injure
 

Three people were seriously injured in the car accident.
    在這場車禍中有三人受重傷。
     
  Josh's bad decision injured his business reputation.
   

喬許的糟糕決定傷害了他的事業名聲。
     
 
   
Ans: 1. hurt 2. injured
 
     
  What's Your Blood Type? (1)  
  你的血型是什麼？（1）  
     
  Do you know what your blood type is? Most people from the West would be surprised by this question unless it came from a doctor. However, in Asia, many people believe that your blood type says a lot about your personality.  
  Ideas about blood types and personalities first became popular in Japan. A writer named Masahiko Nomi did a study of this in 1971. He said that people would have better relationships if they paid attention to blood types.  
  Science does not back up Nomi's ideas, but many people still think they're true. They think blood types can influence how people get along with others.  
     
  您知道自己的血型嗎？ 除非是醫生發問的，否則大部份來自西方國家的人對這個問題肯定會很驚訝。但是在亞洲，很多人都認為血型可以看出一個人的性格。  
     
  血型與個性相關的想法首先風行於日本。有位叫能見正比古的作家在一九七一年時做了一項研究。他說，如果人們留意一下血型的話，那麼人際關係會比較好。  
     
  雖然他的想法沒有科學根據，但是很多人還是信以為真。他們認為血型會影響人們與別人相處的方式。  
     
     
   
 
     
personality

n.

 性格；人格
     
relationship
n.
 關係
     
science
n.
 科學
     
influence v. 影響
     
 
   
 
 
 

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