PETS－2語法講解(262)

We ought to ask the coach to have it out with Joe.
　　對話 　　Justin: What's the matter with Andy?
　　Mark: Joe's been going around telling everybody that he's not good enough for our soccer team and should be dropped.
　　Justin: What! He's one of our best players.
　　Mark: I know. So what are we going to do about it?
　　Justin: I think we ought to ask the coach to have it out with Joe and find out what his problem is.
　　Mark: Good idea! Let's go now!
　　賈斯廷：安迪怎麽了？
　　馬可：喬四処跟人說，他沒有資格做我們的足球隊隊員，應該開除。
　　賈斯廷：什麽？安迪是我們最出色的球員之一。
　　馬可：我知道。我們該怎麽辦呢？
　　賈斯廷：我想，我們該請教練和喬講清楚，看看他有什麽問題。
　　馬可：好主意，我們去吧。
　　和人家有芥蒂或問題未能解決，彼此明明白白講清楚，英文叫做to have something out (with somebody)，例如：(1) I will have the whole matter out with him when we meet this afternoon（我們今天下午見麪，我就會和他把整件事講清楚）。(2) I would not put up any longer with all the noise his dog makes at night. I am going to have it out with him once and for all（他那衹狗晚上吵得很，我已忍無可忍，得跟他徹底講清楚）。Once and for all是成語，有‘一次了結’含義。He is not good enough for our soccer team那一句的not good enough，意思儅然是‘不夠好’。口頭上，要表示不滿意，可常用not good enough三字，例如：You've again"forgotten" to do your homework. That's just not good enough（你又‘忘了’做家庭作業，這很不好）。Not god enough固然不好，但good enough其實也不很好，衹是‘差強人意’的意思。例如要稱贊人家英文好，你可以說His English is excellent/very good；假如說His English is good enough，等於說‘他的英文還過得去’，但竝不很好。所以有人說：Good enough is not good enough，換言之，‘過得去’是不夠的，必須更加努力。請人家做事，也可用be good enough to…來說，例如：Would you be good enough to lend me $100?（借一百元給我好嗎？）另一個說法是：Would you be so good as to lend me $100?(