中英之鑒 中式英語之鑒316

[誤] It is time that we stop the machine and find the trouble.

[正] It is time that we stopped the machine and found the trouble.

注：It is time that...表示“是......的時(shí)候了”，其后的從句應(yīng)采用過去時(shí)態(tài)，這是虛擬語氣的要求。

參考例句：I stopped at the square and got out to stretch my legs 我在廣場(chǎng)處停下來，下車活動(dòng)活動(dòng)腿腳