记得iPhone 7面市的时候,果粉们高兴呀!即使通宵排队也愿意!
那么用英语该怎么表达呢?
Jason is determined to get a iPhone 7 even if it means standing in a queue all night.
杰森下决心要买一部iPhone 7 ,即使通宵排队也愿意。
1. be determined to do something意指“下定决心、决意做某事”,这里determined为形容词。我们也可以说determine to do something,均强调决心非常坚定。
If you are determined to do something, you have made a firm decision to do it and will not let anything stop you.
2. even if/though意为“即使,尽管,纵然”。其中,even if引导的从句内容通常是假设性的,比如本句中,杰森并不一定真的需要通宵去排队;而even though引导的从句内容往往是真实的,并且可能对主句不利。比如:
Jason is determined to get a new phone even though it means standing in a queue all night.
这里就是说,尽管需要通宵排队,杰森也决心要买一部新手机。不过在大部分情况下,二者都可以互相替换。
You use even if or even though to indicate that a particular fact does not make the rest of your statement untrue.
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