在间接引语变直接引语中,that time可以变为now吗?具体为:The doctor said he was busy that time.变为直接引语时参考答案为The doctor said,"I am busy now." 但是根据变化规则来讲,that 应该变为this

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在间接引语变直接引语中,that time可以变为now吗?
具体为:The doctor said he was busy that time.变为直接引语时参考答案为The doctor said,"I am busy now."
但是根据变化规则来讲,that 应该变为this

如果是按你说的,那么这个句子就应该是:The doctor said,"I am busy this time." 而按照句意,这里的this time就相当于now
所以应该是可以的

按英语的直、间接转换过程中,this和that是对应转换的,所以that time(那时)转换成this time(这时),并且this time 与now是同义词,所以得出参考答案.但值得注意的是,如果this/that time 表示这次/那次的含义时,就...