be left to someone交給某人去管

借名人之口說出一句讓人無法反駁的常識，氣勢一下就立住。

War is too important to be left to the generals.

要引用名言論證觀點時用；正式演講和文章裡常見。

The budget is too important to be left to accountants. ／ This is too important to leave to chance.

正式

too important 重讀，to be left to 連讀，generals 收在重音上。

Health is too important to be left to the market alone. 健康太重要了，不能全交給市場。

只把上一句的最後兩個字換掉，立場就翻了個面，鋒利得不動聲色。

X is too important to be left to Y.

要借對方的句式反將一軍時用；辯論和評論裡很好用。

The decision is too important to be left to one person. ／ This is too important to be left to habit.

正式

But 稍停，today 輕帶，politicians 重讀收尾。

This call is too important to be left to a coin toss. 這個決定太重要了，不能靠拋硬幣。

把無能為力說得平平常常，反而更像宣判。

There's nothing anybody can do about it now.

事情已成定局、勸人別再費勁時用；語氣偏冷。

It's out of anyone's hands now. ／ Nobody can undo this anymore.

中性

There's nothing 連讀，anybody can do 一帶而過，now 收住。

There's nothing anybody can do about it now, so let's move on. 現在誰也改不了了，往前看吧。

一句自曝底牌，把全部籌碼都壓在一個人身上。

I'm the only person who knows ...

強調自己是唯一知情者時用；帶點自恃和挑釁。

I'm the only one who has the combination. ／ No one else knows the code but me.

中性

I'm the only 連讀，who knows 輕帶，code group 逐詞頓開。

I'm the only person who knows where the spare key is. 只有我知道備用鑰匙在哪兒。

用最正式的軍禮措辭問出最重的問題，反差就是威脅。

Do I take it that you are threatening ...?

要確認對方是不是在威脅自己時用；適合正式、剋制的場合。

Am I to understand you are threatening me? ／ Should I take that as a threat?

正式

Do I take it 輕問，threatening 重讀，with a gun 放慢。

Do I take it that you are threatening to quit? 我是不是可以理解成你在威脅要辭職？

把一場政變引到一句歷史名言上，荒誕裡帶著真誠。

Do you recall what X once said about Y?

要引出名人觀點、給對方下套時用；正式談話裡很常見。

Do you remember what Churchill said about courage? ／ Do you recall his line about history?

正式

Do you 弱讀，recall 重讀，clemenceau 輕帶，war 收尾。

Do you recall what Einstein once said about imagination? 你還記得愛因斯坦說過的那句關於想像力的話嗎？