(1)这种语境一般是要用过去时.
Jim promised to listen carefully.
Jim promised to listen more attentively in the class.
(2) “认真”在这里不宜译作seriously.Serious(当真的、严肃的)的语义是与kidding/joking(玩笑)相对的,而cereful/attentive(认真的,用心的,聚精会神)才是与 distracted/absentminded(走神了,心不在焉)相对的.
(1)这种语境一般是要用过去时.
Jim promised to listen carefully.
Jim promised to listen more attentively in the class.
(2) “认真”在这里不宜译作seriously.Serious(当真的、严肃的)的语义是与kidding/joking(玩笑)相对的,而cereful/attentive(认真的,用心的,聚精会神)才是与 distracted/absentminded(走神了,心不在焉)相对的.