Q： I wouldn’t go so far as to say that. 這句是什麼意思?

A：這句話意為「我還不至於說那樣」，是一種表示不完全同意某人的看法或意見的禮貌性說法，相當於說 I don’t wholly/entirely/completely agree with you. 或 I am not in complete agreement with you.。

一般人比較不容易瞭解 “go so far as to + V” 這個片語的意思；它的主要意思為「竟然」、「到了…的程度」。例如：

• They go so far as to call him a genius. (他們竟然稱他是天才)
• He went so far as to call her names. (他竟然說她的壞話)

注意：”call someone names” 是個口語，意為「罵人；說某人壞話」(不是「叫某人的名字」)，call 後面是接受格 (不是所有格)，而 names 要用複數。舉例說明：

• More often than not his wife goes so far as to call him names. (他太太經常數落他的不是)
• Those children were calling each other names in the street. (那些小孩在街上你罵我，我罵你的)