题目
请问“just my two cents”是什么意思?
提问时间:2020-08-07
答案
"My two cents"和 "put my two cents in" 都是美语中表达自己意见的习惯开场白
"My two cents" and its longer version "put my two cents in" is an American idiomatic expression used to preface the stating of one's opinion.By deprecating the opinion to follow — suggesting its value is only two cents,a very small amount — the user of the phrase hopes to lessen the impact of a possibly contentious statement,showing politeness and humility.Though sometimes it's used with irony when expressing a strongly felt opinion.The phrase is also used out of habit to preface uncontentious opinions.
For example:"If I may put my two cents in,that hat doesn't do you any favors." (More polite way of saying,for example:That hat is ugly.) An example of the shortened version:"My two cents is that you should sell that stock now."
The phrase originates in betting card games,such as poker.In these games,one must make a small bet,or ante,before beginning play.Thus,the phrase makes an analogy between entering the game and entering a conversation.
"Two cents" and its variations may also be used in place of the noun "opinion" or the verb phrase "state [subject's] opinion",e.g."You had to put your two cents in,didn't you?"
The phrase "If you don't put your two cents in,how can you get change?" encourages an expression of opinion.It makes a pun on the word "change".One meaning of change is an alteration--presumably to bring someone or something in agreement with an expressed opinion.Another meaning of change is the cash equivalent of an overpayment.Thus the reference to two cents is in accord with another idiom that values opinions at one cent (A Penny for Your Thoughts).
In British usage,the phrase is often rendered as "put my two-pennyworth in
"My two cents" and its longer version "put my two cents in" is an American idiomatic expression used to preface the stating of one's opinion.By deprecating the opinion to follow — suggesting its value is only two cents,a very small amount — the user of the phrase hopes to lessen the impact of a possibly contentious statement,showing politeness and humility.Though sometimes it's used with irony when expressing a strongly felt opinion.The phrase is also used out of habit to preface uncontentious opinions.
For example:"If I may put my two cents in,that hat doesn't do you any favors." (More polite way of saying,for example:That hat is ugly.) An example of the shortened version:"My two cents is that you should sell that stock now."
The phrase originates in betting card games,such as poker.In these games,one must make a small bet,or ante,before beginning play.Thus,the phrase makes an analogy between entering the game and entering a conversation.
"Two cents" and its variations may also be used in place of the noun "opinion" or the verb phrase "state [subject's] opinion",e.g."You had to put your two cents in,didn't you?"
The phrase "If you don't put your two cents in,how can you get change?" encourages an expression of opinion.It makes a pun on the word "change".One meaning of change is an alteration--presumably to bring someone or something in agreement with an expressed opinion.Another meaning of change is the cash equivalent of an overpayment.Thus the reference to two cents is in accord with another idiom that values opinions at one cent (A Penny for Your Thoughts).
In British usage,the phrase is often rendered as "put my two-pennyworth in
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