let alone更别提

用虚拟语气把风险轻描淡写，一句就让来投靠的人放下心。

If ..., you would be the least of my problems.

想安慰闯祸求助的人别自责时用；对下属说会显得敷衍。

Even if they came, you would be the least of my worries. ／ You are nowhere near my biggest problem.

中性

If the 连读，searched 重读，least of my 轻带而过。

If my boss found out, you would be the least of my problems. 要是我老板知道了，你也排不上我的麻烦。

把信任说成基本礼数，温和又体面，等于给对方一个台阶。

It would be terrible manners for me not to ...

要把好意说得不居高临下时用；对客户说会显得拿腔。

It would be rude of me not to trust you. ／ Not trusting you would be poor form.

正式

would be 弱读，terrible 重读，not to trust you 平稳收尾。

It would be terrible manners for me not to accept your help. 我要是不接受你的帮助，那才叫没礼貌。

用一句不必是……也能……，把审美和信仰分开，从容又开阔。

I don't have to be ... to ...

说自己欣赏某样东西不一定要先认同它的来历时用；辩论里很有力。

You don't need to share a faith to admire its art. ／ Loving the poetry does not require the creed.

中性

don't have to 连读，images 重读，poetry moving 放缓。

I don't have to be Japanese to find this garden beautiful. 我不必是日本人，也能觉得这座庭院很美。

把自己和伊芙放进同一句话，一瞬间消掉距离，是拉近关系的句子。

we are both ... in our own way

想和对方找到共同点、拉近距离时用；用滥了会显得套近乎。

We are both outsiders, each in our own way. ／ In different ways, we are the same kind of fugitive.

中性

You see 轻快带过，both 重读，in our own way 渐弱。

We are both newcomers in our own way. 我们俩都算是初来乍到，只是方式不同。

先用虚拟语气认下最坏结果，再用 let alone 补一刀，冷峻又清醒。

..., let alone ...

说连大的都保不住、小的更别提时用；语气偏重，别拿来开玩笑。

I would lose my home, never mind the show. ／ I would have no house, much less a program.

正式

undoubtedly 重读，without a home 连读，let alone 稍停。

He would lose his job, let alone his pension. 他连工作都保不住，更别提养老金了。

用面具说伪装与自我，是整部电影的主题句，也是戈登的自白。

You do something for so long, you forget ...

形容长期装下去会迷失自己时用；用来劝人摘下面具很贴切。

Wear the mask too long and you lose the face. ／ Play a part long enough and you forget yourself.

literary

wear a 连读，for so long 稍停，beneath it 连读收尾。

You smile for so long, you forget who you were beneath it. 假笑太久，你会忘了自己原本是什么样。

认出被禁国歌的那一刻，敬畏与恐惧同时冒出来，一句就是全场的分量。

That's ...

突然认出某样不该出现的东西时用；说出口前先看周围有没有人。

That is the anthem they banned. ／ I cannot believe you still have that.

口语

Oh, my God 连读成 oh-my-god，anthem 名稍慢重读。

Oh, my God. That is the record they banned. 哦，我的天。那就是他们禁掉的那张唱片。