那如果你到时候没有找到人
“But if you don't find anyone in the end,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“What if I'm telling the truth, right? You sound so convincing right now.”
那如果你 到时候 没有 找到人
“But if you don't find anyone in the end,”
“how will you explain yourself?”
“You sound very confident now, but you will have to pay the price when your theory fails.”
In debate-heavy or confrontational contexts, forcing an opponent to consider the consequences of being wrong is a standard rhetorical device to make them lose face if they overpromise.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
when the time comes; at that time
A standard temporal marker pointing toward a specific expected future point in time.
if... have not
Used to introduce a negative hypothetical scenario.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“And if we can't find them? If we can't,”
“at this huge military camp.”
“If you truly cannot find the gate,”
“If you haven't found those people before the ship departs in two days,”
“In a few days, they can still find the man.”
“If Sasaki doesn't find anyone,”