1. A taciturn man, he replied to my questions in monosyllables. 他不爱说话，对我的问题一两个字就打发了。
2. Only the monosyllables can still be relied on, and not even all of them. 只有单音节的词还能依赖，但也不是全部。
3. Steve's final words, hours earlier, were monosyllables, repeated three times. 数小时前，史蒂夫最后说了几个单音节词，还说了三遍。
4. But she had not, and she sat now, like a puppet, replying to his remarks in monosyllables. 但是她没有忘记，她此刻像木偶似地坐着，对他说的话回答一两个字。
5. Don't think that Americcans are being rude if we tend to speak in monosyllables or answer whit a mere "O." 当他们仅仅是使用单音节词或者简单的回答你“好的”，“是的”或者跟仅仅是简单的打个招呼，这个时候你不要认为美国人很粗鲁。
