be off 的含义是指将来的动作还是现在的状态
2024-08-01 13:04:37 学考宝 作者:佚名
问题描述
▲英语语法指南(薄冰)p381:
有一读者问:除将来时态外,还有哪些时态可表将来?
用现在一般时表将来。例句:
I'm off.
▲另外我从其他词典找的例句:
We must be off now. 我现在要走了。(新牛津英语词典p1285)(我按:此句显然用现在一般时表将来)
《柯林斯高阶英汉双解词典》的off词条下,有这样的例句:
She was off again, last year she had been to Kenya. This year it was Goa.
此句我就不知道是用一般过去时表过去将来,还是表状态。
对于 I am off 或 Tom is off 的含义,不知道是我或汤姆将要走(动身)呢, 还是指状态,指现在不在某处。
类似的问题还有:
I am away. 或 Tom is away.
请专家指导,谢谢!
老师答疑
黎老师:
董老师:
Beachy,我想问的是:She was off again, last year she had been to Kenya. This year it was Goa. 这句话中 was off 是不是表示过去将来?谢谢!
张老师:
She was off again. Last yearshe had been to Kenya. This year it was Goa... 她又走了,去年去了肯尼亚,今年则是果阿。
从词典原译看,一般来说,这里 was off again 应该是没有表过去将来的含义。那么在一定情况下可否有表过去将来的可能呢?我认为有。比如在小说中涉及某人的多年份事件,前一节刚刚说某人某年某月去了肯尼亚,接着下一节叙述其第二年的事件,某月又将来到,今年她又要离去了,这次要去果阿…