[请益] 英语网友对于Did/Do you mean的回应

楼主: scju (QQ)   2018-03-19 22:06:34
各位好,请教一下
我在英语论坛提了一个问题
https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/260235-Did-Do-you-mean
内容是:
网友tedmc写了一段文字,几个小时以后,另一个网友YAMATO2201说:
Do you mean "... which you alone have a share in or are entrusted with"?
我想问的是,这里用Did/Do you mean ...哪个比较好?
查了一下网络资料,我说
a. Do you mean "... which you alone have a share in or are entrusted with"?
b. Did you mean "... which you alone have a share in or are entrusted with"?
Here are my thoughts:
(a) is used as a response to something that someone is saying/writing now, or
just said/wrote.
(b) is used as a response to something that someone said/wrote in the past
(some time ago).
But in the situation of my question, I don't know which one is more
appropriate.
Could you tell me your thoughts?
网友Tdol回应说
Posts are asynchronous but also resemble a conversation, so people may
respond as they would in speech to something posted a few hours ago.
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不太懂Tdol想表达什么?
我的翻译:
贴文虽然不是在同一时间张贴,但却像对话一样,因此人们可能会用如同说话的方式一般
,去回应几个小时前的贴文。
我理解这个句型的方式是:
people may respond (as they would in speech) to something ...
所以Tdol是说,虽然要回应的文章已经是几个小时之前,但回文者是“刚看到”而已,
在这样的情况下,就当成是刚刚发生的事情一样,可以用Do you mean ...
请问我的解读是否正确呢?谢谢。
(有时候觉得要理解英语使用者的思维还真不容易)
作者: dunchee (---)   2018-03-19 22:30:00
白话点: 就像是当面对谈那样。如果你也不清楚日常当面说话时的时态使用,直接问他们,说明清楚是怎样的不懂(就像是你这篇问的内容)
作者: kee32 (终于毕业了)   2018-03-20 09:13:00
要记得,时间的概念是相对,而不是绝对的。相对于去年,今年一整年都是现在式。但相对于今天,昨天就是过去式了。
作者: jennya (Jennya)   2018-03-27 17:14:00
如果是某人讲完话以后,另外一个人立刻问“你的意思是?”,这时候用“Do you mean……”是OK的。如果是某人讲完某句话,之后又讲了好一大段其他话题,这时候才有人发问,那通常就会用“Did you mean……”。网络上,如果是回复在最一开始那个人的贴文底下,并且没有转话题,我会觉得可适用于日常生活中的上述第一种情况,也就是用Do you mean

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