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I'm pretty sure - 和小女刷碗时的对话

efsuca(梧桐早凋)

前几天和小女一起刷碗，无意中说起了“pretty sure”这个词组。让她把sure， absolutely sure，和pretty sure排个序，小人儿说：“pretty sure，sure，absolutely sure。”我很奇怪的问，“pretty sure不是应该比sure更sure吗？”她说，“No，pretty sure is not quite sure。”我抱着非常怀疑的态度用力google了一下，urban dictionary中说：

When a piece of shit doesn't know what he's talking about but wants to make it sound like he does without facing penalty of being incorrect. S/he hides behind of veil of faggotry for protection from persecution by his/her peers when it turns out they're wrong by precursoring something they can't guarantee by saying "I'm pretty sure".

原来这几十年国内国外的全部都用错了? 难怪别人对我说这么不信任。。。难怪我总奇怪人家怎么都这么自信。。。唉。。。

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Last Updated: 2013-3-13

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工作学习 / 外语学习 / I'm pretty sure - 和小女刷碗时的对话 -efsuca(梧桐早凋); 2013-3-13 {779} (#8098342@0)
前几天和小女一起刷碗，无意中说起了“pretty sure”这个词组。让她把sure， absolutely sure，和pretty sure排个序，小人儿说：“pretty sure，sure，absolutely sure。”我很奇怪的问，“pretty sure不是应该比sure更sure吗？”她说，“No，pretty sure is not quite sure。”我抱着非常怀疑的态度用力google了一下，urban dictionary中说：

When a piece of shit doesn't know what he's talking about but wants to make it sound like he does without facing penalty of being incorrect. S/he hides behind of veil of faggotry for protection from persecution by his/her peers when it turns out they're wrong by precursoring something they can't guarantee by saying "I'm pretty sure".

原来这几十年国内国外的全部都用错了? 难怪别人对我说这么不信任。。。难怪我总奇怪人家怎么都这么自信。。。唉。。。

"原来这几十年国内国外的全部都用错了?" You, someone else or all of us? -redneck(Redneck); 2013-3-13 (#8098349@0)

I thought "pretty sure" should mean "very sure". -efsuca(梧桐早凋); 2013-3-13 (#8098409@0)

When you believe something to be true but you are not entirely certain then you say you are pretty sure. -redneck(Redneck); 2013-3-13 (#8098467@0)

I'm pretty sure you are right :) -efsuca(梧桐早凋); 2013-3-13 (#8098603@0)

I'm pretty sure that you are not sure. :) -verano(Summer); 2013-3-13 (#8098448@0)

Are you sure? -efsuca(梧桐早凋); 2013-3-13 (#8098484@0)

According to Ann Cook, -slowdownforrose(Sdfr); 2013-3-13 {296} (#8099106@0)
Native speakers make a clear distinction between pretty easily (easily) and pretty easily (a little difficult).
Question: How did you like the movie? Answer:
1. It was pretty good. (She liked it.)
2. It was pretty good. (She didn't like it much.)

+1 -redjunk(rolia); 2013-3-13 (#8098597@0)
这是个非常经典的例子。小孩没有说错，但是你的理解不正确。重音在pretty，不sure；重音在sure，很sure。 -house9(hosue4); 2013-3-13 (#8098695@0)

越整越复杂了 -efsuca(梧桐早凋); 2013-3-13 (#8098945@0)
以前在哪里看过，楼上正解+1 -leave_red(leaf_red); 2013-3-19 (#8108304@0)

pretty 有“差强人意”的意思，比如pretty good的意思是“还算不错”，而不是“非常好”。 -maplus(马+); 2013-3-13 (#8098965@0)

谢谢，那我这个也理解错了 -efsuca(梧桐早凋); 2013-3-13 (#8098977@0)

我更晕了，到底是什么呀，sure 呢，还是不sure 呢？？？？ -greyhair(greyhair); 2013-3-14 (#8099258@0)

她说正统的英文，和她说相当正统的英文，到底哪个更正统呢？ -ysysning(樱桃三果); 2013-3-14 (#8099271@0)

那是相当正统 -efsuca(梧桐早凋); 2013-3-14 (#8100230@0)
就是说，相当里面有不自信的成分，反而起到反作用了。有意思。谢LZ提醒。 -brownsbay(松柏常青); 2013-3-14 (#8100666@0)

我女儿和你女儿是一样的，看来是我们理解的不太对。 -cloudysky(happyday); 2013-3-14 (#8099286@0)

还真去问了:) -efsuca(梧桐早凋); 2013-3-14 (#8100231@0)
我女儿的说法跟你们女儿的一样，我也一直都是理解错了 -moon12345(水中月); 2013-3-14 (#8100683@0)

Pretty means "almost" in this context. -hhyang(哈哈羊); 2013-3-14 (#8100779@0)

@Baltimore

I'm pretty sure - 和小女刷碗时的对话

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