PETS-2語法講解(148)
done a fantastic job.
對話
Gordon: I've just been reading through your last project report.
James: I hope you didn't find too much wrong with it.
Gordon: On the contrary, you've done a fantastic job.
James: Well I'm not sure about that.
Gordon: You're too modest. It's really well organized and written and offers some very well thought out conclusions.
James: Well I'm glad you like it and hope it proves useful.
戈登:我剛剛讀了你最新的計劃報告。
詹姆斯:希望你不會覺得太差吧。
戈登:剛好相反,你這報告做得好極了。
詹姆斯:嗯,我可不敢這樣肯定。
戈登:你太謙虛了。報告的結搆、行文都很好,提出的結論也頗具巧思。
詹姆斯:你喜歡就好了,希望有用吧。
Prove一字,讀者大概都知道解作‘証明’,Can you prove what you have said?即‘你能証明你所說的話麽?’這個prove是及物動詞(transitive verb),其後須有受詞(object)。但I hope it proves useful這一句的prove,卻不可解作‘証明’,也不是及物動詞,而是和is、appear、seem等一樣的連系動詞(linking verb),即其後可用形容詞/形容詞詞組(adjective phrase)或名詞/名詞詞組(noun phrase),以脩飾句子主詞(subject)。這個prove有‘是’或‘最後發覺是’的意思,例如:(1) His guess proved (to be) correct(他的猜測竝沒有錯)。(2) Her husband proved (to be) a coward(他丈夫原來是個懦夫)。這兩句的proved假如改爲was proved,意思就不同了:一是說‘他的猜測是有証據的,証明他沒有錯’,一是說‘她丈夫被証明是個懦夫’。作連系動詞的prove十分常見,不可不識。要稱贊人家的工作,你可以像戈登一樣說:You have done a fantastic/great/good job。Fantasy是‘幻想’,所以fantastic本是指‘荒誕的’,例如Fantastic stories是‘荒誕的故事’。但口語往往以fantastic解作‘極好的’,例如:He'll go with us? Fantastic!(他會和我們一起去?好極了!)此外,你還可以說Well done!/Great work!/You've done very well!(做得好!)要稱贊人家工作進展良好,則可說Nice going!/Good going!/Not bad going!例如:"I've prepared all the legal documents.""Good going!"(‘我已準備了所有法律文件。’ ‘好得很!’)
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