sorry for your loss請節哀

用一句類似禁忌的話，把求知和代價擺在一起。它既是物理法則的邊界，也是人類給自己設的倫理線，短短一句壓著整部電影的重量。

There are some things that aren't meant to be known.

面對不該觸碰的領域時用，語氣鄭重、帶警告。

Some doors are not meant to open. ／ Not everything is ours to find out.

literary

some things 連讀，aren't meant to be known 放慢收尾。

There are some questions that aren't meant to be answered. 有些問題註定不該被回答。

把最極端的道德代價壓進一句話：救所有人，等於先毀掉自己。

be prepared to destroy ... in order to save ...

討論為大局付出的極端代價時用，語氣鄭重；日常閒聊裡說會顯得誇張。

To save the many, he was ready to lose himself. ／ He would trade his own soul for their survival.

正式

destroy his own humanity 放慢加重，in order to save 輕快推進。

She was prepared to give up her career in order to save the family business. 為了保住家族生意，她甘願放棄自己的事業。

五個詞掀翻整場信念：短促、決絕，適合真相揭穿的那一刻。

This was all a ___.

發現某件一直被相信的事是假的時候用，語氣冷硬；安慰別人時別說。

It was a lie all along. ／ None of it was real.

中性

This was 輕，all 重讀，a sham 放慢收。

The whole competition was a sham. 整場比賽就是一場騙局。

把「犧牲」這個詞從高高在上的英雄敘事裡奪回來，扣在每一個等死的普通人頭上。被動語態加定語從句，一句話就完成了道德反轉。

The real sacrifice is being made by the people who ...

駁斥把某人的付出吹得過重、卻忽視普通人代價的說法時用，語氣激動；正式彙報裡要剋制。

The ones truly paying the price are the people left behind. ／ It is ordinary people who are making the real sacrifice.

口語

is being made 連讀，people on Earth 重讀，gonna die 收得乾脆。

The real sacrifice is being made by the workers who lose their jobs! 真正做出犧牲的，是那些丟掉工作的普通員工！