secularity 世俗，俗事
“说了等于白说”的几种说法
- You're not helping. 建议没用，当别人做的事没有帮到忙
【例句：What should I wear to the event tomorrow? 明天参加活动我该穿什么？
——Just wear something nice. 穿好一点
——You're not helping! What kind of "nice"? 说了等于没说！什么样叫“好”？】 - That's not helpful. 给的信息没有帮助
【例句：A：I can't figure out how to get this printer to work. 我不知道怎么用这个打印机。B：Just press the power button. 按电源键啊。A：That's not helpful. It's already on, and still not printing.你说这没用，早就开机了，还是不能打。】 - That doesn't explain. 没有解释清楚
【例句：The boss wants to know why our website isn't working. Did the server crash? 老板想知道为什么我们网站坏了。服务器崩了吗？B：Oh, it's just one of those tech issues, you know? Things just break sometimes. 噢，就是个技术问题，你知道吧，有时候就是会出问题。A：That doesn't explain anything! I need more than that. 说了等于没说，我需要更多信息。】 - Thanks for stating the obvious. 这还用说吗？有讽刺语气
【例句：A: You know, if we don't finish this project by Friday, we'll be behind schedule. 你知道，如果我们不能在周五之前完成这个项目，我们的进度就会落后。B：Thanks for stating the obvious. I think we all know that. 这还用说吗？我们都知道。】 - That's as good as saying nothing. 那跟没说一样
【例句：A: Did you get anything useful from HR about the new office hours? 关于新的办公时间，你从人事那里打听到什么有用的信息了吗？B：They said there are some changes coming. 他们说会有一些变化。A：That's as good as saying nothing. What are the changes?那跟没说一样。具体有什么变化？】 - You just said a whole lot of nothing.你刚说了一大堆废话。
- He might as well have said nothing. 跟没说一样。还不如什么都不说。这跟没说有什么两样。
- Thanks for nothing. 谢谢你（说的废话）
【例句：A：How do I solve this math problem? 这道数学题怎么解？B：You just need to apply the formula. 用公式就行啦。A：Thanks for nothing. Which formula? 我谢谢你啊。哪个公式啦？】 - That doesn't tell me anything. 说了跟没说一样。
- It's like you didn't say anything. 说了好像没说一样。
- That's not much of an answer. 这没回答我的问题。
