a good turn

基本解釋

You thought I was too little to do you a good turn. But see, you owe your life to a poor little mouse.
你以為我太小了不能行善報(bào)答你，但是，你瞧，全虧可憐的小老鼠你才揀條命。
Whoever figured out that a scoop of ice cream was meant to float in a glass of fizzy soda did his fellow man a good turn.
把一勺冰淇淋放入一杯冒泡的汽水中，不管是誰制造出這樣一杯飲料給他的朋友，表現(xiàn)出的是一種友善。
You also can e-mail the irritating kid your notes, and, in the college bartering system, now he owes you a good turn if you ever happen to miss class yourself.
您還可以把你的筆記電郵給那個(gè)讓人崩潰的小子，并且，在大學(xué)以物易物的制度下，現(xiàn)在他欠你一個(gè)人情，如果你碰巧缺課。

It didn't turn out well, but you know, I mean it was a nice memory though, a good experience making chocolate."
And in a moment I'll turn to evaluate whether it's a good argument or not, but I think it's a pretty interesting argument.
一會(huì)兒我會(huì)評(píng)估,這是不是個(gè)好的論證,但是我認(rèn)為這是個(gè)很有趣的論證。
耶魯公開課 - 死亡課程節(jié)選
I don't think that's a very good reason because you choose to- either way you have to choose who dies because you either choose to turn and kill the person, which is an act of conscious thought to turn, or you choose to push the fat man over which is also an active, conscious action.
我認(rèn)為這不是一個(gè)很好的理由,因?yàn)椴徽撃姆N情況，你都得選擇讓誰死,或者你是選擇轉(zhuǎn)彎撞死一名工人，這種轉(zhuǎn)彎就是種有意識(shí)的行為，或者你是選擇把胖子推下去,這同樣是一種主動(dòng)的，有意識(shí)的行為。
耶魯公開課 - 公正課程節(jié)選

My answer is this: he was trying to do that short devil a good turn.
NPR: Excerpt: 'True Grit'