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.

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

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...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
。。。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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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

。。。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.

Here's an audio note I made while I was at it.

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王凡往返 发表于 2021-4-14 09:36
) Z  e+ Y: f/ Y* t8 Z我问原文那样写对不对

I don't know. It's not for me to judge.

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sabrina2111

for 不是表示意思16吗？

pan

It can be written like this,
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if people are didactic, they tend to teach and instruct others a lot, usually unsolicitedly.

But I wouldn't say the original text is wrong. It may be colloquial; that's true.
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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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