Not if I see you first

zoltan · 发表于 2010-5-20 16:37

楼主的句子出自美国儿童文学作家 Arthur Scott Bailey 于1921年出版的故事书 The Tale of Old Dog Spot：

"I'll see you again," he told Frisky Squirrel.

"Not if I see you first!" Frisky muttered as old Spot started through the woods for the mill pond.

zoltan · 发表于 2010-5-20 16:45

下面这个例句出自英国作家 C.N. & A.M. Williamson 合作的小说 The Brightener：

"But with you at the helm, the Pollen lions could be forced----"

"Not if they knew it!" I cut in.

"They wouldn't know it. Did you know that you were being forced to marry that poor young prince of yours?"

注意在前一个例句 "Not if I see you first!" 中的动词使用了原形，而在后一例句 "Not if they knew it!" 中，动词使用了虚拟式。

zoltan · 发表于 2010-5-20 17:00

第三个例子，出自 Walter Bupp 的小说 Card Trick：

"I'm not a psi?" I demanded.

"Not if you were really trying," she said. "Were you?"

"You think I want to be a psi?"

第四个例子，出自 Amy Le Feuvre 的小说 Bulbs and Blossoms：

'You never let winter come here, do you?'

'Not if I can help it,' said James with a dry chuckle.

第五个例子，出自匿名作家的小说 Forbidden Fruit：

"Oh, Mary, I've done it for you; that will make a baby the image of myself."

"Not if I can prevent it, Percy, the very last time I went to the chemist's I bought an enema and some sulphate of zinc, so you will see I don't want any babies; if you only knew what an awful thing it is for an unmarried girl to have one, you would not wish to have it happen to me."

注意体会 Not if 后何时用虚拟语气，何时不用。

kuku415 · 发表于 2010-5-20 21:30

刚刚在玩黑镜的时候看到这个句子了
然后上网看到这个解释
It's a joke/tease: if B sees A first, B will hide to avoid A so that A won't see B.
然后对照了语境，的确是这个意思，
主角说“待会见”
而B得回答其实就是“我再也不想见到你了”
而且配音的语气也带着愤怒-，-
这次应该不会错了，嘿嘿

huangxf · 发表于 2010-5-21 01:12

呵呵，这个是《Black Mirror 2》里面Darren和Louis的对话吧

xiao5 · 发表于 2010-5-22 02:50

zoltan说的好详细受教了 [s:66]

fsmgiogio · 发表于 2010-5-26 21:56

zoltan大神。。。。