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考试有压力 “刚刚他说考试有压力,。。” This structure seems weird. 刚刚 Just now 他说 he said 考试 test 有压力 has pressure. He’s just said the test has pressure. (?) I’m guessing the sentence means: "He’s just said the test is causing him to have high pressure", but that Chinese sentence is very weird. I’d sooner say 他刚刚是说他考试的压力很大。

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用英语套汉语,当然汉语是奇怪的,反之,用汉语套英语,英语一样是奇怪的。这是两种完全不同的语言。 汉语讲究意会,意思清楚的情况下,任何句子成分都可以省略,而英语有些东西就不能省略,除非改变句子结构。 你想一下,“考试”可能“有压力”吗?它又不是人,怎么可能“感到压力”?那么,“考试有压力”,当然不能理解成the test has the pressure. 在考试时谁会有压力呢?当然是参加考试的人,而这句话中只有”他“,当然就是”他在考试的时候、或将要考试觉得有压力“,这是不言而喻的事,因此,简洁的说成”考试有压力“,意思是说:他觉得有压力,而这种压力来自考试,也就是”考试有压力“,所以,这里的”考试有压力“其实是在说”他有压力,而压力来自考试“。 这种结构不仅不奇怪,而且非常合理,问题就出现你简单的把”有“理解成了have或has。汉语的”有“的含义非常的复杂,并不能简单的和英语的have相对应。
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“刚刚他说考试有压力,。。” This structure: 刚刚(just now) 他说(he said) {(他觉得he thought) can be omitted} 考试有压力 (the test made him feel pressure) sometimes repeated personal pronoun can be omitted. Good Luck~
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If you try to tranlate Chinese sentences into those of English word by word,you will find they are very weird.Because both of them have their constructions.When you read a Chinese sentence,you don't have to tranlate them word by word and just read all of them straightly before you translate them with your mother tongue.
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你说的:他刚刚是说他考试的压力很大。是正确的,但是,却是不生动、不简洁的句子。一定要用这种结构,可以说成”他刚刚说感觉考试压力很大“。
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Ben, please stay away from my questions. thank you :) We all have our own methods, and English isn’t my first language so it helps me. @amber-张 thank you!

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