1、 “unrelievedly good/bad news” 直譯是“沒(méi)有減輕的好消息/壞消息”,意思就是如果一件事原來(lái)是好消息那么現(xiàn)在還是好消息（如果這件事通常是壞消息,那么現(xiàn)在也還是壞消息）,并沒(méi)有因?yàn)樯衔恼劦降臇|西而削弱.
2、 “putatively good/bad news” 直譯是“推定的好消息/壞消息”,意思是根據(jù)上文說(shuō)到的情況,我們可以把它當(dāng)成個(gè)好消息（或壞消息）吧,就是說(shuō),這個(gè)消息是好是壞取決于上文的基礎(chǔ).
例如
Though Mike has stopped drinking, being assigned to work in the same office with him is unrelievedly bad news for me, since it is his habit of smoking that I hate most. But I hear that his wife is pregnant and that she has required him to quit smoking. This could be putatively good news.