汉译英常见错误 | 你到底要些什么?

[译] 你到底要些什么?
[误] Whatever do you want?

[正] What ever do you want?
[注] ever 用于特殊疑问句, 等于"到底, 究竟"的意思, 和 what, who, when, where, how, why 等连用, 用以加强语气。而 whatever 的意思是"无论什么" = no matter what。