前两天在咖啡馆听见两个朋友聊天:"你上次考试没复习就去,isn't it?" 结果对方一脸懵。其实这种反意疑问句的坑,很多英语学习者都掉过。特别是当句子中出现never, hardly, seldom这些"隐形杀手"时,更是一踩一个准!
当句子中出现以下七大否定词时,反意疑问句要用肯定形式:
never(从不)
hardly(几乎不)
seldom(很少)
scarcely(几乎不)
rarely(难得)
little(几乎没有)
few(几乎没有)
| 错误示范 | 正确版本 | 中文翻译 |
| You never told me the truth,didn't you? | You never told me the truth, did you? | 你从没告诉过我真相,对吧? |
| She hardly eats meat,doesn't she? | She hardly eats meat, does she? | 她几乎不吃肉,对吗? |
| They seldom go hiking,don't they? | They seldom go hiking, do they? | 他们很少去徒步,是不是? |
① 双重否定要小心:
We can't hardly wait for the concert, can we?
(我们迫不及待想看演唱会,对吧?)
② 主句带宾语从句时:
You never said you were coming, did you?
(你从没说过要来,对吗?)
误把否定词当否定句(✘ He has never been there,hasn't he?)
时态搭配错误(✘ You seldom go shopping last year,didn't you?)
忘记特殊动词(✘ He can hardly swim,can't he?)
1. She rarely watches TV at night, ______? 2. 你几乎没去过日本,不是吗?(中译英) 3. They could scarcely believe the news, ______?
参考答案:
1. does she
2. You have hardly been to Japan, have you?
3. could they