朋友Y的住所不大,多年前置業,六百多英尺面積。當時他自稱蝸居,但實際上也算相當寬敞了。Y說日前聽朋友M文縐縐地提到:The toilet has the need of repairing,自然地想到“蝸居”的浴廁也該修理了。他說:My toilet is also in need of repairing。朋友S說to have the need of... 和to be in need of... 意思一樣,都是“需要……”或者“有……之必要”,前者是較舊的說法,顯得文雅而有婉曲之感。后者比較“現代化”,現在普遍通用。to have... 和to be... 在許多表現方式中用以表現相同意思,但以to be... 較為通用。
(摘自《聯合早報》)
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