是不是你提前布置好了陷阱
“Did you set the traps in advance”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这又是怎么回事？
“How do you explain that?”
是不是你 提前 布置好 了 陷阱
“Did you set the traps in advance”
“to make it look like they died in accidents?”
“Admit it, you planned this whole thing from the start.”
Starting a sentence with 'Is it that...' (是不是) in high-stakes confrontations is a standard rhetorical device to demand a confession rather than elicit genuine information.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
set a trap
Can be used literally for physical traps or figuratively for deceptive schemes.
in advance / beforehand
Placed directly before the verb to describe an action taken prior to an event.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Could this be a trap for you?”
“Could there be some kind of trap?”
“I guess someone set a trap”
“This is clearly a trap set in advance”
“That's a trap question.”
“I'd say this was planned long ago.”