中國網站品牌欄目（頻道）
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Reader’s question: My comments: And “that’s saying a lot” - that shows how important the Internet is. As is explained later, the Web has billions of users. If a fact “says” something about someone or something, it means to emphasize that they exhibit a certain quality or character. Here’s a dictionary example (Longman): “The fact that he returned the money says a lot about his character.” Obviously he has a good character – he’s not greedy and did not take other people’s money as his own. The opposite colloquial phrase would be: “that’s not saying much”, to emphasize that a particular statement isn’t quite unusual. Again, the dictionary example (Longman): “She’s taller than me, but I’m only 5 foot 2 (about 1.55 meters), so that isn’t saying much.” Here’s a web example (Nice To Meet You: Embracing the Self-Evolution of Motherhood, Keenesentinel.com, May 24, 2010): There is almost nothing I do as well as I did before, except parenting, which I didn’t do before so that isn’t saying much. Life before kids and life after kids is like apples and oranges. Actually, it’s more like apples and spaceships. Related stories: Lower 48 states 本文僅代表作者本人觀點，與本網立場無關。歡迎大家討論學術問題，尊重他人，禁止人身攻擊和發布一切違反國家現行法律法規的內容。 About the author:Zhang Xin has been with China Daily since 1988, when he graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Write him at: [email protected], or raise a question for potential use in a future column. |
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