一个小窍门,为了把英文写地道,不确定的说法到 Google 上一查即可。不地道的说法一定会有 hits,但不可能是大量的。而地道的说法则成千上万,比如,如果你对 have a hard time 后面的动词形式有疑惑(have a hard time to do sth or have a hard time doing sth?),请看下面的运行结果:
"have a hardtime to learn English"
4 results (0.50 seconds)
"have a hardtimelearning English"
About 290,000 results (0.43 seconds)
Wow, 4 vs. 290k! Are statistics teaching us something?