Ask & Learn聞問(wèn)切英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ): Present Perfect, Present Perfect Progressive
讀者 Jerry 寄電郵來(lái)問(wèn)以下兩句有何不同:
1. I have lived here for ten years.
2. I have been living here for ten years.
Jerry 問(wèn)的是 present perfect 和 present perfect continuous(或 present perfect progressive)的分別。這兩個(gè)時(shí)態(tài)均標(biāo)示一些在過(guò)去開(kāi)始而又一直延續(xù)到現(xiàn)在,剛剛結(jié)束或持續(xù)下去的事情。例如:
I have waited for a chance to win the Mark Six lottery for years.
I have been waiting for a chance to win the Mark Six lottery for years.
第一句暗示著,等了多年,今天終于中獎(jiǎng);第二句就并不樂(lè)觀(guān),聽(tīng)來(lái)還是要等下去。
但遇上 live 這樣的字,兩個(gè)時(shí)態(tài)所表示的意思就差不多完全一樣了。I have lived here for ten years 不代表說(shuō)話(huà)的人即將搬屋,或者快要離開(kāi),只不過(guò)是說(shuō)在此地居住已有十年。類(lèi)似的動(dòng)詞還有 work、play 等。
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