各位好,請教一下
我在英語論壇提了一個問題
https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/260235-Did-Do-you-mean
內容是:
網友tedmc寫了一段文字,幾個小時以後,另一個網友YAMATO2201說:
Do you mean "... which you alone have a share in or are entrusted with"?
我想問的是,這裡用Did/Do you mean ...哪個比較好?
查了一下網路資料,我說
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?
網友Tdol回應說
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想表達什麼?
我的翻譯:
貼文雖然不是在同一時間張貼,但卻像對話一樣,因此人們可能會用如同說話的方式一般
,去回應幾個小時前的貼文。
我理解這個句型的方式是:
people may respond (as they would in speech) to something ...
所以Tdol是說,雖然要回應的文章已經是幾個小時之前,但回文者是「剛看到」而已,
在這樣的情況下,就當成是剛剛發生的事情一樣,可以用Do you mean ...
請問我的解讀是否正確呢?謝謝。
(有時候覺得要理解英語使用者的思維還真不容易)