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next week/the following week

【问】 (1) I shall go there next week.

(2) Reid was leaving for the south the following week.next week和the following week都作“下(一)周”解,不知它们之间有无区别。

【答】 next week (month,year)可以指从某个过去时间点算起的“下一周(月,年)”(即以过去为时间参照点),也可以指从现在算起的“下一周(月,年)”(即以现在为时间参照点),而thefollowing则只能指从过去某个点算起的“下一周(月,年)”。因此之故,当直接引语改为间接引语时,通常要将next week改为the following week:

下面的例句可以显示next week (year,day)与the following week (year,day)之间的差别:

1. Is he coming this weekend or next weekend? (OSD)(以现在为时间参照点)

他是这个周末来,还是下个周末来?

2. I shall go there next Friday [week/year]. (OSD)

我将在下星期五(下周/明年)去那里。

3. The next afternoon I went to call on Miss Barkley again. (Hemingway)

第二天下午我再次拜访了巴克雷小姐。

4. She stayed with us until the following afternoom. (FWF)(以过去为时间参照点)

她和我们一起一直呆到第二天下午。

5. A rebellion broke out the following year. (Hazen )(以过去为时间参照点)

第二年便爆发了起义。