Responding to negative questions
应对负面问题
…could have been better.
......本来可以更好。
...could have been more adj.
...可以更…。
I was dissatisfied with n.p.
我不满N.P.
I was dissatisfied with the fact that+clause.
我不满的是，+从句。
I was less than happy about n. p.
我还不到高兴?。页。
I was less than happy about the fact that+clause.
我不是很高兴的是，+从句。
I'd like to avoid n. p./V ing…
我想避免np/做...
Sometimes things were not as adj.as they could have been.
有时事情并不像他们做的那样…。
There could have been more n.P.
本应该更N.P.
There didn't seem to be n.p，
似乎没有n.p，
There was a lack of n.p.
缺了N.P.
There wasn't enough n.p.
还不够N.P.