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2021-08-30杨秀峰
杨秀峰
Q1【问】
请问老师,用英语表达“重说某事儿”,repeat后面能接again吗?
答
单纯地表达第一次重复某事儿,后面不能接again。如果第二次甚至更多次的重复,后面可以接again。如:
A:How many books have you written so far?
B: Would you repeat the question please?(此处为第一次要求对方重复,不能说repeat again。)继续这个对话。
A:How many books have you written so far?
B: Would you mind repeating that again?(此处为第二次要求对方重复,可以说repeat again。在这里,repeat again要理解为 repeat a second time。again并不是针对repeat的宾语,而是动词repeat本身。)
Q2【问】
答
请问老师,“这种问题经常出现在考试中”是翻译成“This kind of question often appears in the exam”, 還是“This kind of questions often appears in the exam”?这里的question到底是用单数还是用复数?
通常来说,kind of后接单数名词(或不可数名词),而kinds of后接复数名词(或不可数名词)。如:This kind of question often appears in the exam.和These kinds of questions often appear in the exam. 这两个都是正确的。
在英语口语中,This kind of questions often appears in the exam.这样的句子也可能出现。
其他结构也有出现,但比较少见。如:These kinds of question often appear in the exam.这种结构就非常口语化了,也有些人认为不正确。
综上所述,就你提的问题,用question与questions都可以。