■ indeed

1) 在 very + 形容词或副词之后，起加强语气的作用，中文可以略去。

• Thank you very much indeed.非常感谢您。
• She was very late indeed.她晚了很久才到。
• He's painted it very well indeed.他画得非常好。

2) 起强调作用，中文可以译成“的确”，中国人也容易掌握。

• This is indeed a great privilege.这的确是少有的好机会。
• This is indeed bad news.这的确是个不好的消息。
• That's praise indeed.的确过奖了，不敢当。

3) 对对方的提问或意见表示肯定或赞同。

• —What a lovely evening! —Yes indeed. —今天的晚会开得真好！—的确是好。
• —Do you like champagne? —Indeed I do. ( I do indeed.) —你喜欢香槟酒吗？—我当然喜欢啰。
• —Are you Miss Hunt? —Indeed I am. —您是亨特小姐吗？—我就是。
• —I believe we've met before. —Indeed we have, a couple of years ago. —我觉得我们从前见过面。—是见过，那是几年前的事。
• —I believe you support our policy. —I do indeed. —我相信你是支持我们的方针的。—当然啦。

4) 表示与原先估计一致（“的确”、“果然”、“真的”）。

• I checked, and the wheel was indeed loose.我检查了一下，轮子果然是松了。
• —I really think Charles is here at last. —He had indeed arrived. —我相信查尔斯终于到这里来了。—他的确到达了。

5) 表示进一步的“甚至”。

• This was a rare, indeed unique, example.这是一个罕见的甚至是空前绝后的例子。
• Most of the staff, and indeed most of the managers, were involved.大部分职工，甚至大部分管理人员，都牵涉进去了。
• The situation hasn't improved; indeed it has worsened.情况没有好转，反而恶化了。
• We are aware of the problem; indeed, we are already investigating it.我们已经知道这个问题，而且正在调查。
• It is difficult, indeed virtually impossible, to get in.很难进得去，简直就是无法进去。
• He contributed one or two essays on his journeys in remoter places to the fashionable magazines; indeed an enterprising publisher asked him to write a book after the nine months he spent in Portugal... (John Fowles, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Chapter 3)有时他也偶然命笔，写写边远地区的游记，投给流行杂志。有一次他在葡萄牙旅游九个月，有位雄心勃勃的出版商居然约他写一本书…参见 (as a) matter of fact 条。

6) 与 if 或 may 之类表示“或许”的单词一起出现，突显“可能如此也可能不如此”。

• I may indeed return one day.我说不定有一天会回来。
• If indeed he is right...要是他真的说对了…
• This may indeed be the case, but...情况，不过…
• The problem, if indeed there is one, is theirs.如果真的有问题，也是他们的问题。

7) 反问或对对方的信息表示惊讶。

• —I hear she's getting married. —Indeed?—我听说她要结婚了。—真的？
• —He asked us for a pay rise. —Indeed! —他要求我们给他涨工资。—好家伙！