否中英慣用例句:
  • 喬布斯先生說，“如果今年我們銷售兩億到兩億五千萬元的電腦——這是很可能的。大傢就知道我們是一個可以生存的業者。”他不願表明公司是否賺錢，衹說，“在那方面我們的情況很好。”
    "If we sell $200 million to $250 million of computers this year, which is quite possible, it well put as on the map as a viable player," he said. Mr.Jobs would not say whether the company is profitable, only that "we're in good shape in that regard."
  • 鑒於彼此的利益，望早日獲得解决，否則會失去客戶。
    Early settlement request vie our mutual interest otherwise may lose buyer.
  • 下一班去維也納的列車是否還有空位？
    Is there any seat available of the next train to Vienna?
  • 我不知道這是否會符合你的意圖。
    I wonder if this will meet your views.
  • 如果你買那棟別墅，你是否將在那裏度過你的餘生？
    If you buy that villa, will you spend the rest of your life there?
  • 後來我問文森特他的父親是否對他所有的女朋友都是那樣。
    Later I asked Vincent if his dad was like that with all his girlfriends.
  • 如果說年輕一代還未能開口說話，我們也一樣。是不是我們這些知識分子又失敗了一次？這是不是知識分子的又一次背信棄義？然而我們是否真的為了維護理智和文明的價值而堅持了這一主張？
    If the younger generation has not yet found a voice, neither have me. Is it we, the intellectuals, who have once again failed? Is this one more trahison des clercs? Yet have we really pressed the case for the vindication of reason and civilized values?
  • 我不知道她以往是否貞節，但她容貌醜陋，對一個女人來說，這等於大勢已定了。
    I do not know if she is virtuous, but she is ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle.
  • 我不知道她以往是否貞節，但她容貌醜陋，對一個女人來說，這等於大勢已定了。
    I do not know if she was virtuous, but she is ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle.
  • 我不知道她以往是否貞節，但她容貌醜陋，對一個女人來說，這等於大勢已定了。
    I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle.
  • 美國人到英國去是否要簽證？
    Do Americans need a visa to visit Britain?
  • 除非你覺得教書是你的天職，否則你不會成為一位好老師。
    You will not make a good teacher, unless you feel teaching is your vocation.
  • 該計畫被投票否决了。
    The vote went against the plan.
  • 提議以220票對196票被通過或被否决。
    The motion is carried or is voted by 220 votes to 196.
  • 提議以220票對196票被通過或被否决。
    The motion is carried by 220 votes to 196.
  • 投票否定他的建議，可能性不大。
    Fat chance of voting out his suggestion.
  • 得票數超過在選舉中擊敗（對手）或否决（建議）
    To defeat(an opponent or a proposal, for example) in voting.
  • 你的選舉辦法是否容許在選票上加寫候選人的名字？
    Does your voting procedure provide for the writing in a candidates'names?
  • 我瞧瞧是否能使女服務員來招呼我們。
    I'll see if I can catch the waitress's eye.
  • 安靜點，否則你會吵醒這個孩子的。
    Be quiet, or you will wake the baby.
  • 美國人民是否能很好地與別國人民攜手合作，來共同防止人口過剩、資源枯竭、污染的災害和恣意揮霍浪費人類財富(這一係列問題正是解决許多突出的經濟、社會和政治問題的基礎)？
    Are the Americans apt enough to cooperate with other peoples to prevent over-population, resource exhaustion, the catastrophe of pollution and the wanton waste of wealth-problems which are basic to the solution of many outstanding economic, social and political problems?
  • 交通督察官檢查所有車輛是否遵守規則停放。
    A traffic warden sees that all cars are properly parked.
  • 這是否仍在保養期內？
    Is it still under warrantee?
  • 丘吉爾懂得自重的一個秘訣，就是選擇自己的行動要建立在它是否正確，不是權宜，不要因受到批評而動搖。
    Churchill knew that one secret to a self you can respect is to choose a course of action based on what is right, not expedient, and not waver from it when criticized.
  • 守衛員搜查他是否身帶武器。
    The guard fan ned him for weapon.
  • 我們是否可以定在下星期三上午7：30？
    Can we make it 7: 30 next wednesday morning?
  • 他在仔細考慮是否留下和我們在一起。
    He was weighing up whether to stay with us or not.
  • 幾年前還沒有對人工授精孩子生活是否幸福的調查。
    Until a couple of years ago there had been little research into the happiness and wellbeing of DI children.
  • 我不必說我的哲學在西洋人的眼中是否正確。
    It is useless for me to say whether my philosophy is valid or not for the Westerner.
  • 當你嚮西旅行時，地勢是否變得越來越高還是越來越低？
    As you travel westward, does the land get higher or lower?
  • 千萬別出門, 否則將會淋透。
    Don't go out, you'll get wet.
  • 禁止否認已確認事實真實性的證明規則。
    a rule of evidence whereby a person is barred from denying the truth of a fact that has already been settled.