不定式作独立成分·表真诚
不定式用作独立成分通常为一些固定短语,其中一个用法就是表真诚:
■to be fair 说句公平话
To be fair, he wasn’t entirely to blame. 说句公道话,这不能全怪他。
■to be (perfectly) frank 坦率地讲
To be perfectly frank, you’ re a bad driver. 非常坦率地说,你车开得不好。
To be frank with you, I don’t like the way you talk. 坦白说,我不喜欢你说话的方式。
■to be honest说老实话,老实说
To be honest, I just don’t like him. 说老实话,我就是不喜欢他。
To be honest, I don’t think we have a chance of winning. 说实话,我认为我们没有获胜的可能。
■to do sb justice 说句对某人公道的话
To do her justice, we must admit that she did deserve to win. 说句公道话,我们得承认她应该获胜。
■to tell (you) the truth 老实说,说真的,说实话
To tell the truth, I fell asleep in the middle. 老实说,我在中间睡着了。
To tell you the truth, we don’t have a very good opinion of him. 说真心话我们对他的印象不太好。