“Up. Straight up. That was the only way open, so he went that way.”
往上。一直往上。那是唯一敞著的路,他就往那邊去了。
短句一頓一頓,把退路的消失說成一種宿命。
That was the only way ..., so ... went that way.
講一個別無選擇的處境時用;正式敘述裡顯得太短促、太口語。
There was no other way, so he took it. / The only way out was up, and up he went.
中性
Up 和 straight up 分開頓,兩個 that 輕讀。
That was the only bus left, so we took that one. 只剩那一班車了,我們就上了那班。