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前阵子小麦学英语,闹了个笑话,发现了字幕组一个低级错误,有点小得意。不过,本着小心求证的精神就去查词典。


查完之后小麦就凌乱了。


what are you doing是固定的短语(34what)(1)


明明单词都认识,理解起来怎么南辕北撤呢?


What are you going to do?


直译成“你接下来要干什么”,想必不少小伙伴也不会感觉到有什么不妥。


这句话,单词简单,语法简单,句型简单,单词君理解起来也很简单:你要干什么?平时还会拿来问问朋友假期有什么计划安排。


但是,小伙伴们跟小麦一样遇到了一个知识盲区,知其一不知其二。


在具体语境下,what are you going to do 潜台词是现实已经如此,无可奈何。


这句话看似是一个问句,但是对方不是等待你的回应,而是表达一种情绪。


What are you going to do?

US informal

used to say that there is nothing you can do to make a situation better

(用于无计可施时)你又能有什么办法?


类似的问而不必答,意在传递一种情绪的句子还有很多...


What are you like?


正常语境下,这就是一般疑问句,“你是什么样的人”,而你可以回答自己的生活习性、性格之类的。


特定语境下译做“你怎么这个样子?!”


What are you like?

UK informal (also what is she/he like?)

used when someone has said or done something silly

(用于表示某人的言行很愚蠢)…怎么这个样子?


what are you doing是固定的短语(34what)(2)


"Of course Emma's only worry was whether her lipstick had smudged."


"Emma! What is she like?"


“当然了,埃玛关心的只是她的口红是否弄花了。”

“埃玛,她怎么这个样子?”


What are friends for?


如果有人说“我们谁跟谁啊”,大家都知道这不是个问句。


What are friends for 跟这个表达有异曲同工之妙,潜台词就是说“都是朋友啊”。


What are friends for?


saying (also that's what friends are for)


said to a friend who has thanked you for doing something special for them

否则要朋友干什么?


what are you doing是固定的短语(34what)(3)


What do you bet?


What do you bet?


used to say that it is very likely that something is true or will happen

很可能(是真的或会发生)


What good is...


一般情况下,用来询问......的意义/用处。


不过在特定情况下,对方已经做出了价值判断,通过反问的形式隐晦地表达出来:“......没有意义/用处。”


What good is ...


(also what's the good of ...)

a way of asking what the purpose of (doing) something is

…有什么用

What good is sitting alone in your room?

一个人孤零零地在家坐着又有什么用?


what are you doing是固定的短语(34what)(4)


What do you mean?


What do you mean?

used to show that you are annoyed or that you disagree

(表示恼火或不同意)你什么意思?

What do you mean, it was my fault?

你什么意思,是我的错吗?


不知道小伙伴们有没有跟小麦一样愣头青

傻乎乎地以为自己发现了“错误”闹出笑话的经历

说出来,大家笑一笑涨知识啊


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