Ask & Learn聞問(wèn)切英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)交際,講解了 Now and then的單詞日常交際用法,包含了例句解析以及在情景中的口語(yǔ)講 0Ask & Learn聞問(wèn)切英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ):Now and then
讀者 Tony Chan 在電影 Transporter 2 聽(tīng)到以下一句對(duì)白:
If anything comes up between now and then, you have my cell.
他想問(wèn)"between now and then" 是什么意思?是否跟 "every now and then" 一樣?
Now 和 then 指的是兩個(gè)時(shí)刻,now 是現(xiàn)在此刻,then 是另一刻,可以是過(guò)去,也可以是將來(lái)。
俗語(yǔ)謂「今時(shí)唔同往日」,用英語(yǔ)說(shuō)出來(lái), 可以是 "then was then, now is now"。這里的 then 當(dāng)然是過(guò)去。
對(duì)白里的 then,是指未來(lái)的某一個(gè)時(shí)刻。譬如說(shuō)星期一上課時(shí)老師吩咐同學(xué)做功課,要他們星期四交,然后說(shuō):
If you have question between now and then, come and ask me.
這里的 now,就是星期一,then 就是星期四。也就是說(shuō),如果學(xué)生在星期一與星期四這段時(shí)間有不明白的地方,可以問(wèn)老師。
Every now and then 的意思略有不同,解作不時(shí)、時(shí)而。 例如某君平常不怎么抽煙,但有時(shí)也會(huì)和朋友吸一兩口。 我們可以說(shuō):
He would smoke a cigarette every now and then.
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