be left to someone交给某人去管

借名人之口说出一句让人无法反驳的常识，气势一下就立住。

War is too important to be left to the generals.

要引用名言论证观点时用；正式演讲和文章里常见。

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

正式

too important 重读，to be left to 连读，generals 收在重音上。

Health is too important to be left to the market alone. 健康太重要了，不能全交给市场。

只把上一句的最后两个字换掉，立场就翻了个面，锋利得不动声色。

X is too important to be left to Y.

要借对方的句式反将一军时用；辩论和评论里很好用。

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 轻带，politicians 重读收尾。

This call is too important to be left to a coin toss. 这个决定太重要了，不能靠抛硬币。

把无能为力说得平平常常，反而更像宣判。

There's nothing anybody can do about it now.

事情已成定局、劝人别再费劲时用；语气偏冷。

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

中性

There's nothing 连读，anybody can do 一带而过，now 收住。

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

一句自曝底牌，把全部筹码都压在一个人身上。

I'm the only person who knows ...

强调自己是唯一知情者时用；带点自恃和挑衅。

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

中性

I'm the only 连读，who knows 轻带，code group 逐词顿开。

I'm the only person who knows where the spare key is. 只有我知道备用钥匙在哪儿。

用最正式的军礼措辞问出最重的问题，反差就是威胁。

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

要确认对方是不是在威胁自己时用；适合正式、克制的场合。

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

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Do I take it 轻问，threatening 重读，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胁要辞职？

把一场政变引到一句历史名言上，荒诞里带着真诚。

Do you recall what X once said about Y?

要引出名人观点、给对方下套时用；正式谈话里很常见。

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

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Do you 弱读，recall 重读，clemenceau 轻带，war 收尾。

Do you recall what Einstein once said about imagination? 你还记得爱因斯坦说过的那句关于想象力的话吗？