因为之前他也在特警队待过
“He used to be in the SWAT team too.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“Passing intel to a criminal gang. That serious?”
因为之前他也在特警队 待过
“He used to be in the SWAT team too.”
“So I wanted to ask if you know him.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
In Chinese institutional culture, verifying someone's identity or background often relies on shared departmental history or mutual acquaintances.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
SWAT team / special police force
Commonly used in crime fiction and law enforcement contexts to refer to tactical armed police units.
has stayed / has spent time at
A colloquial way to describe having lived, worked, or spent time in a particular organization or place.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Back at the police academy,”
“his investigative skills were unmatched in the police station.”
“to Nephew's one-month party?”
“I was a detective.”
“...she was detained by the Special Police Corps.”
“You were in the SWAT team; what are you afraid of? That's in the past.”