How have you been? 您近況好嗎?
本句是"How are you? "的完成式,兩者表達意思略有不同。"How have you been? "強調詢問對方「近來一段期間的狀況」,而"How are you? "則是強調詢問對方「此刻或目前的狀況」。
Q:Hello, Jane!
(哈囉, 阿珍!)
A:Hi, Tom. How have you been?
(嗨,湯姆。您近況好嗎?)
Q:Pretty good. Actually, I'm quite busy with work. By the way, say “hello” to your wife.
(很好。事實上我一直忙於工作。請代我向尊夫人問好。)
2007-03-13 21:47:21 補充:
留意How have you been doing? 是「最近還好嗎?」意思等於How are you? 或How have you been? 但有別於What have you been doing? (本欄轉載自《蘋果日報》的「征服英語」專欄,作者為古德明先生)
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