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常見英文錯誤:Her dad was dead three years ago.
常見英文錯誤
常見英文錯誤:Her dad was dead three years ago.
Teacher Sammy
Teacher Sammy
July 16, 2014
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Her dad was dead three years ago. (她父親三年前過世了) 這句話錯在哪裡呢?
雖然包含 ……ago 這種時間副詞片語的句子要用過去式沒錯
dead 這個形容詞是指死亡的狀態
如果搭配 was 這個過去式的be動詞的話
意思會變成此人只有在過去是死亡的,現在已經不是了
但目前科學還沒發達到可以讓人死而復生,所以這當然是不可能也不合理的
所以這句話應該要用 die (死亡)這個一般動詞的過去式才對
Her dad died three years ago. 才是正確說法
英文裡對於死亡也有類似中文裡「過世」、「往生」等較委婉的說法
就是用 pass away 這個片語 (口語上有時也只說 pass )
所以也可以說 Her dad passed away three years ago.
另外如果句子裡沒有 ……ago 或其他過去時間的副詞或片語
單純要表示一個人已不在人世,可以用形容詞 dead
只是記得搭配的be動詞必須是現在式(因此人到現在仍是死亡狀態)
如:Her father is dead. = Her father died.

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