to a point在某种程度上

一句命令式把陪审团的注意力钉在法庭里，掷地有声又克制。

shut out everything except ...

要求别人排除杂念、只专注一件事时用；日常别对长辈下这种命令口吻。

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

正式

shut out 重读，except what will 连读带过。

Shut out everything except the questions in front of you. 除了眼前的题目，别的都别去想。

满口敬语里藏着尖刀，客气的问句实际上是当众挤兑对手。

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

用客气话暗讽或施压时用；书面和正式场合都能带点冷意。

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

正式

deprived of 连读，learned and stimulating 压低讽刺。

I trust we are not to be deprived of the expert's opinion? 我们总不至于听不到专家的意见吧？

先给陪审团一颗定心丸，又在「某种程度上」留了后手，分寸极准。

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

概括争议时既想让步又想留余地用；正式陈述里很好用。

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

正式

simple 重读，to a point 前后各停半拍。

The terms are simple and, to a point, already agreed. 条款很简单，某种程度上也已经谈拢了。

两句短促的否认冷不丁炸开，把规规矩矩的法庭撕出一道口子。

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

被人冤枉、情急否认时用；在正式场合这样喊会失态。

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

口语

not true 重读，didn't do it 咬清每个音。

That's not true! I didn't take the money! 不是那样的！我没拿那笔钱！