我本以为这些船医是凶手
“I thought these doctors on the ship were the murderers,”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
还是那些劫匪杀的
“or those robbers?”
我 本以为 这些船医是 凶手
“I thought these doctors on the ship were the murderers,”
但是现在他们死了
“but now they are dead.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
'本以为' is widely favored in narrative deduction to signal plot twists or incorrect premises.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
originally thought (falsely)
Always indicates that the previous assumption turned out to be incorrect.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Or maybe these doctors were just used by them”
“All the doctors on your ship died.”
“There are doctors on board. You can see them for any issues.”
“This means these three people must have been poisoned aboard the ship.”
“If he finds out you're an imposter, you'd give us away at once.”
“Are they going to kill everyone on this ship?”