Trust and Doubt信任与怀疑 1. I know I can trust you. 我知道我可以信任你。 信任的程度可以逐渐加深: I can trust you. 我可以相信你。 I definitely trust you. 我绝对相信你。 I trust you a lot. 我非常相信你。 你信任别人,别人也会信任你: I'm glad. 我很高兴。 I have confidence in you too. 我也相信你。 That's sweet. I trust you too.那太好了,我也相信你。 definitely adv. 肯定地,确定地 have confidence in sb. 信任某人,相信某人 2. I want to tell you something, but I'm not sure if I should. 我想告诉你一些事情,但我不确定该不该告诉你。 犹豫着该不该相信: I'm not sure I can trust you, even though I wish I could. 我不确定我是否能相信你,虽然我希望我能。 I don't think I can trust you, even though I want to talk to you about something,我觉得我不能相信你,虽然我想告诉你一些事情。 I want to have faith in you, but I don't think I should. 我想相信你,但我认为我不应该那样。
对于你的迟疑,对方会反问: Why not?为什么不呢? That's not cool. Why wouldn't you trust me? 那不好吧,你为什么不相信我呢? 或许你的迟疑也有一定道理吧: I guess that makes sense. We haven't known each other very long. 我想那有道理,我们认识也不是很长时间。 have faith in sb. 信任某人,相信某人 3. I don't really want to talk to you about it. 我真的不想跟你说这件事。 类似的表达还可以这样说: I don't think I should talk to you about it. 我想我不应该跟你说这件事。 I'm not sure I should talk to you about it. 我不确定我该不该跟你说这件事。 对方会问你原因: Really? Don't you have faith in me? 是吗? 你不相信我? 对方也可能会泰然处之: Okay, that's fine. 好吧,没关系。 4. I feel like I can't trust you. 我觉得我不能相信你。 以下四种表达也很地道: I don't think I can trust you. 我觉得我不能相信你。 I Don't really trust you. 我真的不相信你。 I'm not sure that I trust you. 我不确定我是否相信你。 I don't think I should rely on you. 我觉得我不应该相信你。 你得说说原因吧: Why not? What have I done?为什么?我做什么 了? Did I do something wrong? 我做错什么了吗? 相不相信随便你啦: Okay. Well, I can't force you to trust me, 好吧,我也不能强迫你相信我。 ♦ rely on 信任,依赖
5. I think I can trust you. 我想我能相信你。 语气可以逐步加强: I believe I can trust you. 我认为我能相信你。 I'm pretty sure can trust you. 我非常肯定我能相信你。 对方也非常肯定: You can definitely trust me. 你当然可以相信我。 Yeah, you can trust me. Don't worry. 是的,你可以相信我,别担心。 6. I doubt it. 我怀疑。 不可信: It's doubtful! 这很可疑! It's chancy. 这不是真的。 I wouldn't bet on it. 我不相信这个。 It sounds fishy to me. 听起来可疑。 你不信我信: don't think so. 我不这样认为。 ♦ doubtful adj. 怀疑的,疑惑的 ♦ chancy adj. 不确实的,偶然发生的 ♦ bet on 相信,就……打赌 ♦ fishy adj. 可疑的,靠不住的(口语) 7. I won't buy your story. 我不相信你说的话。 我不信: I won't believe your story. 我不相信你说的话。 I don't buy it. 我不相信。 这是真的: But, it's fine. 可那是真的呀。
Trust and Doubt Conversation 对话 Kevin: Hey mom. Can I talk to you about something? 凯文:嗨,妈妈,我能和你说些事吗? Mom: Sure, what is it, honey? 妈妈:当然可以,是什么事,宝贝? Kevin: My friend came to me the other day and was telling me about his girlfriend. 凯文:我朋友前几天跟我说了些他女朋友的事。 Mom: Okay. Is something wrong? 妈妈:好啊,有什么不对吗? Kevin: Well, he said he thinks she's cheating. 凯文:嗯,他觉得他女朋友在欺骗他。 Mom: Have there been a lol of signs? 妈妈:有很多迹象吗? Kevin: Yeah, quite a few. Their relationship has been going downhill for a while, I guess. 凯文:是的,有很多。我想他们的关系走下坡路已经有一段时间了。 Mom: Either way it doesn't seem like your friend trusts her anymore. 再相信他女朋友了。 Kevin: That's true 凯文:没错。 Mom: Trust is needed in a healthy relationship. They need to be honest with each other. If he's not willing to trust her, then the relationship is doomed to fail. 妈妈:良好的关系需要信任。他们需要互相坦诚,如果他不愿意相信她的话,那他们的关系也注定要失败的。 Keving Yeah, I agree. I wanted a second opinion, though. Thanks mom 凯文:是啊,我同意。但我想再听听其他人的意见,谢谢你,妈妈! Mom: No problem, dear. 妈妈:没关系,亲爱的。 ♦ go downhill 衰退,变坏,走下坡路 ♦ doorned [dumb ad,命中注定的,注定失败的 ♦ a second opinion 其它意见