请问此句的时态正确么？

王凡往返

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一开始的 When people are didactic, they're teaching or instructing.

+ ^) F. P' a5 g我觉得应该是 When people ARE BEING didactic, ... 才对吧?
还有第二段的开头也是这个问题
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pan

Here we go.
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sabrina2111

6 P9 ~7 e1 X0 u9 a5 ~...often used negatively for (the character one reflects) when he/she is acting too much like a teacher   因为didactic是个形容词

王凡往返

pan 发表于 2021-4-14 09:29
' S3 n. Q" m. _8 i3 s/ W。。。if often used negatively for (the occasions) when someone ...
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我问原文那样写对不对

sabrina2111

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1 N6 }( V4 K+ W; x不对啊。你这样改了意思变了啊。这个词本身就通常是negative的。不是当某人或因为某人的行为太像老师时才是negative的

原句意思是: 这个词通常是负面的,指某人的行为太像老师时。

pan

: `1 b' ^  A8 ]- @% w7 A- d。。。if often used negatively for (occasions) when someone ...
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pan

The term "didactic" appeared in the Advanced Studio Classroom 20130528 and 20050528.
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If you are interested:

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pan

王凡往返 发表于 2021-4-14 09:36
4 |- K& X7 `. Q7 L0 O我问原文那样写对不对

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2 t2 J1 f4 s4 l2 W) uLet me ask my American friend about this one. I'll let you know.

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sabrina2111

for 不是表示意思16吗？

pan

It can be written like this,

if people are didactic, they tend to teach and instruct others a lot, usually unsolicitedly.

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codex

是不是可以这样理解didactic是形容词 一个形容词本身就是表示进行时了 所以are being didactic是多余的？

pan

I believe one can also say "I am not being didactic, but I think you should ...".
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