879天與時並進：DELIBERATELY STARTED 標題怎譯？及聞中問字解？

2007-05-29 9:01 pm

Nine people were injured 受傷, three of them critically (這句插句組合是 noun + adj. phrase + adv.，可寫成 three of them critical 嗎？插句的組合有多種？我指 noun, prepositional phrase, wh clause 那些。),

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in an arson 縱火 attack 襲擊 a public housing estate in Kwun Tong overnight (overnight 怎解？= last night？可共用嗎？). Two of them are still fighting for their lives 生命 in hospital.

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The door of a flat was apparently 似乎是 set alight (set alight 怎解？) and fireman say the blaze 火頭 spread 蔓延 in (in 指方向，是否要跟著 spread 的配對而用 in，不能用 to 或 at？) an unusual 不尋常 way 方向.

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The above English was written from ATV Main News at 19:30. You may revise it if you like. Thanks

回答 (1)

HaHa

2007-05-29 11:34 pm

✔ 最佳答案

Deliberately是”蓄意”的意思，Deliberately Started是指這場火災的發生是畜意的，可以意譯成：蓄意縱火（因非自然火災的火生，就是縱火）
Nine people were injured, three of them critically，這句是用了省略法ellipsis；即這是兩句子句，但後面的子句用了省略法，所以不見有動詞。
完全的句子應寫成：Nine people were injured, three of them were critically injured.（因為前後所用的句子文法結構相同，動詞相同，就可以將動詞省略），所以你可以看到critically是作副詞用來修飾injured，並非three of them；因此，並不可以寫成three of them critical.
overnight是指在晚上或整夜，並不是指昨晚。
alight是燃燒著的，set alight是點著的意思
way一般的配in這個介詞
全篇譯文：

在晚上，觀塘的一座公屋的縱火案中，導致九人受傷，其中三名危殆。二人仍在醫院與死神搏鬥。起火的單位的門明顯被人放火，消防員稱火焰不尋常地蔓延。

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