走遍英聯邦口語詞典 第30課:better
better
better late than never
用：爲遲到找藉口或表示抱歉常用的短語。
意：遲到總比不到好;有多少無所謂，總比沒有好
例 along in. I'rn sorry you had $uch a bad journey, but better late than never.
進來吧!路上辛苦了，能來就好哇!
EA: I expect you think I'm too old for a holiday un my own?
我猜啊，你一定認爲我太老了不能一個人外出度假吧?
B: Nut at all, better Iate than never, I always say!
別那麼說。我一直都相信遲幹總比不幹好這句話。
for better or worse
意：無論如何;好也罷，壞也罷;喜歡也好，不喜歡也好
例 better or worse, we depend on miners far our coal; if they ask for higher wages we really have to listen to them.
不管怎樣，我們靠礦工提供煤，如果他們要求加工資，我們也只好照辦。
For better or worse, they have fallen in love.
反正〔指不管將來後果如何)他們戀愛了，
That's better!
用：用以表揚、鼓勵他人，多對小孩。
意：好，好!乖啊!
例 on, close your eyes. That's right, that's better, good girl.
就這樣，閉上眼睛，對…對，乖，好姑娘。
That's better, that's it. DK, it's finished.
對啦，就這樣幹，好啦，我們千完了。
