How about ...? 與 what about ...?

2021-02-19 艾薇英語私塾

How about ...? 和 what about ...? 是英語中常見的兩個問句形式。它們很多情況下可以互換,但有時在使用上又有著明顯的不同。下面我們來具體看看它們的用法。


How about ...? 和 what about ...? 都可以用來對談論的相關事物進行補充和問詢。例如:

A: We are all going to the party. 我們都要去參加 party。
B: How about/what about Mike? 那 Mike 呢?(意思是「Mike也會去嗎?」)

I like dogs. How about/what about you? 我喜歡狗。你呢?

How about ...? 和 what about ...? 都可以用來提出建議,例如你和朋友商量周末的安排時可以建議說:

How about/what about going to a movie? 去看電影怎麼樣?

但這裡使用 how about 和 what about 有一點小小的區別,就是使用 how about 時說話人非常傾向自己的建議;而使用 what about 時,說話人只是提出建議,並願意聽取對方的意見或反饋。

此外,用 how about 和 what about 提出建議時,how about 後面可以接完整的句子,而 what about 後面不能接完整的句子。例如:

How about we go to a movie? 而不能說 what about we go to a movie? (X)

What about 後面只能接名詞或名詞性質的短語,如:

Where should we go for our honeymoon?
What about Barcelona? (不能說 what about we go to Barcelona for our honeymoon.)


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What about something?還可以用來提出潛在的問題(而並非建議),即 something 這個問題怎麼辦?此時不能使用 how about something? 例如:

How about going to a movie? 我們去看電影怎麼樣?

I would love to, but what about the kids? 我倒是很想去,可是孩子們怎麼辦呢?(孩子們誰來照看呢?)


上面例句中的 what about the kids?就是提出了去看電影帶來的問題,即孩子沒有人照看這一潛在問題;這裡不能使用 how about。

如果您有與英語相關的任何問題,可以通過文末的留言功能給我們留言提出來;或者點擊屏幕左下方的閱讀原文與我們在線聯繫。

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