[請益] 什麼事這麼忙

看板Eng-Class (英文板)作者 (節衣縮食)時間1年前 (2023/03/16 12:39), 編輯推噓2(2014)
留言16則, 2人參與, 1年前最新討論串1/1
在練口說的app看到一組寒暄對話 其中一句是 A 說這週很忙 B問 What made it so busy for you ? 我自己若想表達的話會說 What made you so busy 之類的 對他例句的用法有點好奇 google了一下也沒找到一樣的 不確定是不是我的想法比較台式 在此請教 謝謝 -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc), 來自: 1.200.31.190 (臺灣) ※ 文章網址: https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/Eng-Class/M.1678941595.A.147.html

03/16 13:12, 1年前 , 1F
some nuances could be found in these two sentences
03/16 13:12, 1F

03/16 13:12, 1年前 , 2F
depending on the context
03/16 13:12, 2F

03/16 13:13, 1年前 , 3F
I would say the first one is more objective like
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03/16 13:13, 1年前 , 4F
you're asking what are those things that've kept
03/16 13:13, 4F

03/16 13:14, 1年前 , 5F
you busy, which implies you didn't do anything
03/16 13:14, 5F

03/16 13:14, 1年前 , 6F
yourself to become busy, it's other external
03/16 13:14, 6F

03/16 13:15, 1年前 , 7F
factors that contributed to the situation of "busy"
03/16 13:15, 7F

03/16 13:15, 1年前 , 8F
While the second one subtly points out you might've
03/16 13:15, 8F

03/16 13:16, 1年前 , 9F
dug youself a hole in which you're now busy
03/16 13:16, 9F

03/16 13:16, 1年前 , 10F
which is not so polite becuz it presents a feeling
03/16 13:16, 10F

03/16 13:16, 1年前 , 11F
of judgement
03/16 13:16, 11F

03/16 13:17, 1年前 , 12F
But overall both are fine, especially if you know
03/16 13:17, 12F

03/16 13:17, 1年前 , 13F
the person well.
03/16 13:17, 13F

03/16 13:18, 1年前 , 14F
line 5: didn't do anything to yourself *
03/16 13:18, 14F

03/16 15:45, 1年前 , 15F
what's keeping you busy lately
03/16 15:45, 15F

03/16 15:45, 1年前 , 16F
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