for what it's worth

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for what it's worth

  1. 依我之见,我是觉得但是用来谦虚地表示自己说的话不一定有用,有关,但是还是(为了它“可能具有的有限的价值”)说出来,汉语中没有很准确的等价词
    • 1877, Julian Hawthorne, Garth,頁號 343:
      Take my advice for what it’s worth—don’t marry Garth: marry some old fool.
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    • 1908, Armand Both, The Half-smart Set, Frederick A. Stokes Company, page 276:
      “Well,” said he, “I have a suggestion to make, for what it’s worth.”
    • 1999, Bruce Northam, Brad Olsen, In Search of Adventure: A Wild Travel Anthology, →ISBN,頁號 21:
      There were seven of us from America, and, for what it’s worth, I thought it was a fairly impressive group.
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    • 2005, Jennifer Rosen, Waiter, There’s A Horse In My Wine, →ISBN,頁號 253:
      For what it’s worth, the same holds true for fish bowls: overfill and you’ll suffocate the guppies.
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用法说明[编辑]

本词可用来暗示听话人、读者可以说出他们相反的意见,以此凸显自己的谦逊,表示自己说的可能有用,也可能没用,或者可能与对方观点相悖。

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