”in eight months” vs ”in eight months time”

2008-08-25 1:00 pm
Last month the company issued its fourth profit warning in eight months and said profit before tax, goodwill and one-off items was likely to be 35 million pounds for the full year, down from analysts' previous consensus forecast for 151 million.

hi,
fourth profit warning in eight months =
在八個月內的第四個profit warning

what is the meaning of
fourth profit warning in eight months ?

source: 5th paragraph in
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080822/tbs-uk-rentokil-03c9bed.html
Rentokil says recovery may take 5 years

回答 (1)

2008-08-26 4:34 am
✔ 最佳答案
in eight months,如你所說,係八個月內。
一字之差,意思可以大大不同。in eight months time,意思唔係八個月內,係八個月之後。
我搵唔到乜野字典去證明我呢個講法,只能搵個實例:
http://www.nekdanji-pr.gov.si/slovenia_success.htm
你要先睇下個 topic:Slovenia successful ten years into its life
2001年,係斯洛文尼亞主國十周年,本文係總統 Milan Kucan o係記者會演講o既內容。
本文講該國十年來好多進步。最後一段最後一句話:
When asked in ten years time whether they would choose to live in Slovenia, the people of Slovenia will again choose Slovenia.
當問到他們十年內/十年後會否在斯洛文尼亞生活,斯洛文尼亞國民仍會選擇斯洛文尼亞。
立國十周年講呢番話,再問呢個問題,你覺得應該係十年內/十年後?當然都解得通,但邊個講法先比較有意思義?當然係十年後。


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