to a point在某種程度上

一句命令式把陪審團的注意力釘在法庭裡，擲地有聲又剋制。

shut out everything except ...

要求別人排除雜念、只專注一件事時用；日常別對長輩下這種命令口吻。

Close your mind to everything but this. ／ Forget everything except what happens here.

正式

shut out 重讀，except what will 連讀帶過。

Shut out everything except the questions in front of you. 除了眼前的題目，別的都別去想。

滿口敬語裡藏著尖刀，客氣的問句實際上是當眾擠兌對手。

I trust we are not to be deprived of ...

用客氣話暗諷或施壓時用；書面和正式場合都能帶點冷意。

Surely we are not to lose his presence? ／ I hope we are not to be denied his company.

正式

deprived of 連讀，learned and stimulating 壓低諷刺。

I trust we are not to be deprived of the expert's opinion? 我們總不至於聽不到專家的意見吧？

先給陪審團一顆定心丸，又在「某種程度上」留了後手，分寸極準。

... and, to a point, not in dispute

概括爭議時既想讓步又想留餘地用；正式陳述裡很好用。

up to a point, undisputed ／ largely agreed, though not entirely

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simple 重讀，to a point 前後各停半拍。

The terms are simple and, to a point, already agreed. 條款很簡單，某種程度上也已經談攏了。

兩句短促的否認冷不丁炸開，把規規矩矩的法庭撕出一道口子。

That's not true! I didn't do it!

被人冤枉、情急否認時用；在正式場合這樣喊會失態。

That's a lie! It wasn't me! ／ I never did it!

口語

not true 重讀，didn't do it 咬清每個音。

That's not true! I didn't take the money! 不是那樣的！我沒拿那筆錢！