comfortable/comfortably

enti · 发表于 2018-12-21 23:06:13

本帖最后由 enti 于 2018-12-21 23:17 编辑

Many people would say yes. Crying is said to be cathartic, relieve stress and even remove toxins from the body, and most therapists claim it’s beneficial. There is evidence that blood pressure and heart rate fall after crying, while some allergic reactions are reduced after watching weepy films, and sufferers from rheumatoid arthritis who cry have less pain than those who don’t.

Yet the experimental evidence is mixed. Benefits are more likely when the reason for crying is a resolvable problem and the person crying is comfortable expressing their emotions and not otherwise depressed. One function of crying may be to show our distress, which can help build relationships, and this may be why crying helps.

如果把comfortable 换成 comfortably，句子意思有改变么？虽然一个是adj 表状态, 一个是adv 表动作，但是应该没差吧？
the person crying is comfortable expressing their emotions
the person crying is comfortably expressing their emotions

trivialstuff · 发表于 2018-12-22 00:22:52

还是有差别的。
这里的comfortable expressing their emotions可以理解为comfortable (with) expressing their emotions，指一个人对表达情绪这件事不会感到不自在。在一个人对表达情绪这事不会感到不自在的情况下，好处的可能性更大。

若是comfortably expressing，我读出来的是：一个人自在地表达情绪的那个时候，好处的可能性更大。

jonah_w · 发表于 2018-12-22 00:29:56

Interesting point. Grammatically speaking, it is ok to interchange what you're suggesting. But 'depressed' as an adj. should be expecting an adj. counterpart, in this case 'comfortable'.
Or if you really need to change it, then I would leave out the 'otherwise' word. Intuitive suggests… No why. Don't ask, don't tell…

enti · 发表于 2018-12-22 09:58:53

这样我就明白多了, 感谢 trivialstuff 大大解释

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