中英之鑒 中式英語之鑒309

[誤] We need a capable person to help us in time of difficulties.

[正] We need a capable person to help us in times of difficulties.

1、注：time 是指“時間，時候，時刻”

參考例句：Do you have time tomorrow?你明天有時間嗎？

2、注：“境況”要用 times

參考例句：What a times you\'ll have doing that  干那事可夠你受的

3、hard times(艱難時世)還可表示時代

參考例句：What wonderful times we live in 我們生活在多么了不起的時代啊