Wednesday, April 30, 2014

would

原文:http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_24485523/planning-trip-ask-crowd

為何底下會用would呢 ?

#1
如果是我寫,可能就直接寫
"Katz and his wife sat down  xxxxxxx"

Crowdsourced travel site Gogobot was born out of Travis Katz's nightmarish experience planning trips while living in London. Katz and his wife would sit down in front of the computer to plan a trip "and pretty soon the sun had gone down. Headache, bloodshot eyes, and really not any smarter about where we were going," he said.

#2
如果是我寫,可能就直接寫 "she is nervous"
Haupt cautions that crowdsourcing in a digital community has its limitations, and she would be nervous "to rely on strangers online to give me personalized advice."

1 comment:

  1. #1 "would"可用來形容過過去常發生的事 ,類似"used to",所以這句的意思因該是"Katz和她妻子(以前)常常要花一整天的時間上網規劃旅行"

    #2 這邊使用 "would"在語氣上較為保守而非斬釘截鐵

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