“I'd be very surprised if our suspect was from Brainerd.”
要是嫌犯是佈雷納德本地人,我會非常意外。
不說‘不是本地人’,只說‘會很意外’,把推斷說得留有餘地,很有警察口吻。
I'd be very surprised if ...
不想把話說死、又要暗示判斷時用;正式彙報裡也常用。
I doubt the suspect is local. / I would not bet on him being from here.
中性
I'd be 連讀,very surprised 重讀,if 從句放輕。
I'd be very surprised if this was a random mistake. 要是這只是個隨機的失誤,我會很意外。
