poorlittle
第3楼2010/04/01
The answer can be easily found from Google (http://www.google.com.hk/search?hl=zh-TW&source=hp&q=problem%2C+question&btnG=Google+%E6%90%9C%E5%B0%8B&meta=lr%3Dlang_zh-CN%7Clang_zh-TW&aq=o&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= )
Since the headquarters of Google in China has just been moved to Hong Kong, can the people in mainland China still use Google now?
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Question/Problem/Issue 到底是什麼「問題」?
1. 基本文法說明
這組詞彙都具有表現「問題」的意思,但含意上略有不同。
Question和Problem都可指一個需要討論和解決的問題,但如果這個problem被認為是個「難題」、「難以處理的事情」,比較傾向用problem;而如果這個問題提出是一個需要答案也可解決的問題,就比較適合用question。
Issue指的比較是一個「議題」,可能是問題裡的一個「爭執點」、「爭端」。
2. 錯誤發生情況及修正練習
仔細看看下列的句子,哪裡出了錯?又該如何修正?
A. How to prevent forest fires is a knotty question. (X)
怎樣防止森林火災是個難解決的問題。
B. It is an issue of raising more funding and we must talk about it now. (X)
問題是要募集更多的資金,我們必須現在就討論這個問題。
C. The great problem today is whether the restructuring should go on.
當今的大問題是結構改革是否應繼續下去。
3. 錯誤修正及解釋正確的句子如下:
A. How to prevent forest fires is a knotty question. (X)
How to prevent forest fires is a knotty problem. (O)
解說:
很明顯的,「防止森林大火」是一個無法馬上有解答的問題,並非一個單純疑問,所以用problem會更適合。
B. It is an issue of raising more funding and we must talk about it now. (X)
It is a question of raising more funding and we must talk about it now
解說:
關於「是否募集更多資金」這樣的問題,經由討論就有解答並得以解決的,較為單純,所以可以用question表示即可。
C. The great problem today is whether the restructuring should go on. (X)
The great issue today is whether the restructuring should go on. (O)
解說:
「結構改革」與其說是當今的「問題」,不如說是當今一個「議題」,是具有爭辯性的,沒有固定解答,所以採用issue會更貼近原意。
poorlittle
第9楼2010/04/14
Some expression with the word “question” :
(1) out of the question 办不到的,不可能的;不予考虑的;不值得考虑(或讨论)的
(2) there's no question of …
a. [口语]
b. [后接动名词]…是不可能的: There's no question of winning the game. 打赢这场比赛是不可能的。
c. [后接名词]…是确实的;是毫无疑问的: There's no question of his innocence. 他的清白无辜是确切无疑的。
(3) without question毫无异议;毫无疑问;肯定,确凿无疑