你到底要干什么
“What are you really up to?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
你到底要干什么
“What are you really up to?”
我呢要干什么不重要
“What I'm up to doesn't matter.”
“Stop playing games and tell me what your real agenda is right now.”
When indirect maneuvering wears thin, speakers use forceful questions like this to compel the other party to lay their cards on the table.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
on earth / after all
Placed before question words to emphasize exasperation, urgency, or an insistence on finding the bottom-line truth.
what do you intend to do
A blunt, colloquial phrase that carries a confrontational edge when directed at someone in a tense situation.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“What on earth are you doing?”
“What on earth are you up to?”
“What exactly do you want?”
“what exactly do you want?”
“What exactly are you up to?”
“What exactly are they doing there?”
“What exactly did you do?”
“What exactly do you want me to do?”
“What on earth is this guy trying to do?”
“Why on earth did you call me back?”