who are we to argue我們憑什麼反對

用希臘神話裡被鎖在礁石上的安德洛墨達自比，把一屋子人圍著問話的窒息感寫得既誇張又優雅，抱怨裡帶著貴族式的自嘲。

I feel like a mythic figure with everyone hovering over me.

抱怨被眾人圍攻、無處可退時用，帶幽默與誇張。

I feel like a specimen under everyone's microscope. ／ I'm the prize exhibit with the whole family staring.

literary

chained to a rock 放慢，with you lot 輕帶，hovering over me 加重收。

I feel like a suspect under interrogation with the whole office leaning over my desk. 我感覺自己像審訊室裡的嫌疑人，整個辦公室的人都趴在我桌上盯著看。

I feel like a witness on the stand with my relatives firing questions at me. 我感覺自己像證人席上的證人，親戚們一個接一個地朝我發問。

把一場遺產糾紛收進一句反問：意願已定，外人無權置喙，前半句給條件，後半句反問收口，既講理又帶不可動搖的立場。

If the owner wanted me to have it, who are we to argue?

面對既定安排、不想再爭時用，講理而堅決。

The will says what it says, and that's the end of it. ／ If that was his wish, it isn't ours to undo.

正式

If her husband 連讀，wanted me to have 放慢，who are we to argue 上揚收。

If Grandpa wanted us to keep the farm, who are we to argue? 要是爺爺想把農場留給我們，我們還有什麼可爭的？

用 considered it potty 和 never gave it another thought 兩個動作，把一段本可驚天動地的往事輕輕放下，寫盡常人對待怪事的態度。

She considered it adjective and never gave it another thought.

說明某人曾覺得某事荒唐、隨即拋諸腦後時用。

She shrugged it off and moved on. ／ It struck her as nonsense, so she let it go.

中性

considered it potty 放慢，at the time 輕帶，never gave it another thought 一氣收。

He thought the offer was a scam at the time and never gave it another thought. 他當時覺得那是個騙局，後來再也沒多想。

用一句反問和誇張的假設，把貪婪說成了理所當然，既幽默又坦白，貴族式的不裝腔全在這句裡。

Do I look as if I'd turn down something desirable?

半開玩笑地表示自己絕不會拒絕某樣好東西時用。

Do I look like someone who'd say no to that? ／ Would anyone in their right mind refuse this?

口語

Do I look 上揚，as if I'd 連讀，turn down a villa 放慢收。

Do I look as if I'd turn down a second slice of cake? 我看起來像是會拒絕第二塊蛋糕的人嗎？