第385期:除了"all right",你会用"fair enough"吗

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　　Definition:

　　You use fair enough when you want to say that a statement, decision, or action seems reasonable to a certain extent, but that perhaps there is more to be said or done

　　New Words:

　　justification¹: n. 理由；辩护；认为有理，认为正当；

　　bureaucrat²: n. 官僚；官僚主义者

　　clinician: n. 临床医生

　　1.If you don't like it, fair enough, but that's hardly a justification to attack the whole thing

　　如果你不喜欢，这说得过去，但把它批得一无是处就没什么道理了。

　　——《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

　　2.Fair enough. But the reforms replaced bureaucrats³ with clinicians, which seems to have encouraged creative thinking.

　　虽有道理，但是改革用临床医生代替了官僚分子，似乎还鼓励了创造性思维。

　　——《经济学人》

　　3."I can't come because I'm working late." "Fair enough."

　　“我不能来因为要工作到很晚。”“好吧，我知道了。”——摘自谷歌

　　4."She said she didn’t want to work for anyone else." "OK, fair enough."

　　“她说她不想给别人打工。”“嗯，挺好的。”

　　5.If you want to waste your time, fair enough, but don't waste mine too.

　　如果你想浪费你的时间，可以，但是不要浪费我的时间。

　　摘自——macmillandictionary

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