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1. “although she passed away, her relics were retained by her family”.- 錯
2 .”to be a good man, we need to retain our correct value.” - 不對
1 用錯 relics 字
用 personal belongings 便可以
relics 遺蹟, 遺物 (多數不是普通單獨個人, 並且古老) 神聖的遺物
- an object, tradition, or system from the past that continues to exist:
- a part of the body or something that belonged to a holy person:
Although she passed away, her personal belongings were retained by her family
假定 she 是 Mary
Mary passed away, but her personal belongings were retained by her family.
2. 用字不大對
man (singular) 和we (plural) 不相稱, we是否不包括女性?
什麼是correct value? Be more specific (明確些,具體些)
To be a good person, 想做好人 (現在未必是)
Being a good person, 是好人, 要支持, 維護, 保有, 留住 value (因為已經有)
Just a suggestion:
Being a good person, one needs to uphold the ethical value
ethical (adj.)
- connected with principles of what is right and wrong 關於倫理的
~ morally good or correct 合乎道德的; 正確的
uphold (v) = 支持, 維護
3. meant 是 past tense, past participle of the verb “mean”
mean 是 base form, 最簡單那個 form
means (he, she, it ) 第三者 present simple tense 用
meaning (present participle),
meant (past tense),
meant (past participle)
Compare:
do, does, doing, did, done
What does this word mean?
I don't understand what you mean.
This job means a lot to me. (第三者用 means)
He said he loved me, but I don’t think he meant it
~ said, loved 和 meant 都是 past tense
It was only meant as a joke.
~ meant 是 past participle, 用來 form passive voice (be + past participle)
It has meant so much to me.
~ meant 是 past participle, 用來 form present perfect (has/have + past participle)
mean 可以做 adjective, = 卑鄙的; 刻薄的, 吝嗇的,小氣的
It was mean of him not to invite you to the party.
mean 可以做 noun, = 平均值
Take ten values and calculate the mean
參考: Oxford English Dictionary;Yahoo Dictionary