劫案发生的时候你应该知道
“You must have known about the robbery case in 1993.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
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“You must have known about the robbery case in 1993.”
劫案发生 的时候 你应该知道
“You must have known about the robbery case in 1993.”
或者说
“Or perhaps you were actually at the scene?”
“Don't pretend you were out of the loop; you definitely knew about it.”
In interrogations, framing knowledge as something the interlocutor 'ought to know' puts them on the defensive, forcing either admission or direct denial.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
at the time the robbery occurred
A clear temporal clause framing an inquiry around a specific criminal event.
you should know / you must have known
Often carries pragmatic pressure indicating that ignorance is unreasonable or unacceptable.