reserve all judgments先不下判斷

全片第一句，把回憶、脆弱和時間一次說盡，直接定下輓歌的調子。

In my younger and more ... years, ...

回憶往事、寫序言式開場時用，文學性強；日常聊天裡說會顯得端著。

Back when I was younger and more vulnerable. ／ In my greener, more fragile years.

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In my 輕快帶過，vulnerable 重讀，years 後拖長留白。

In my younger and more reckless years, I made that same mistake. 在我更年輕、也更莽撞的那些年，我也犯過同樣的錯。

他沒有自稱寬容，只用一句後果把姿態說清：把判斷收回。這句給全片定下旁觀者的位置，也讓後面的失守更有分量。

As a consequence, I'm inclined to ...

自述性格或處事原則時用，語氣剋制、偏書面；別對著上級炫耀式地說。

So I make a habit of holding my tongue. ／ Which is why I tend to withhold judgment.

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As a consequence 一氣帶過，inclined 和 reserve 各停半拍。

As a consequence, I try not to judge people too quickly. 因此，我儘量不急著評判別人。

把整段厭惡收束成一個例外，用 exempt 把蓋茨比從所有人裡單獨拎出來，留白極強。

Only one ... was exempt from ...

書面或演講裡做鋪墊時用，先否定全場再抬出唯一例外；日常口語太書面。

Only one person escaped my disappointment. ／ One man alone was spared my disgust.

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exempt from 連讀，disgust 重讀收尾。

Only one colleague was exempt from the criticism. 只有一個同事沒被批評。

用最高階把一個人的分量壓到極致，希望在這裡不是軟詞，而是一種近乎固執的天賦。

the single most ... person I've ever met

真心稱讚一個改變過你的人時用，語氣隆重；對普通朋友說會太重。

the most hopeful person I've ever known ／ the single most hopeful soul I ever met

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single most 重讀，hopeful 稍拖，ever met 收住。

She's the single most hopeful person I've ever worked with. 她是我共事過的人裡最懷抱希望的。