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英语翻译I wasn't flippant /I wasn't being flippant 有什么区别还有就是能不能帮

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英语翻译
I wasn't flippant /I wasn't being flippant 有什么区别
还有就是能不能帮忙造个句子,比如说商店的售货员告诉你商店在打折,你想问他打多少,应该怎么问?
还有什么通常问售货员的问题啊,能给我提供几个么?
flippant adj.轻率的;没礼貌的;[古]能说会道的
I wasn't flippant. 我并不轻率. (我只取了第一层意思,因为没有上下文)
I wasn't being flippant. 我当时并不是轻率的.

2011年一道高考英语单项填空出现了“be+being+形容词”的用法,这个用法比较少见,如题:
I wasn't sure if he was really interested or if he _________ polite.
A. was just being B. will just be C. had just been D. would just be
“be+being+形容词”强调某人在特定的某个时刻或时候的状况,而不是指这个人一直都是这样的.如果指某个人一直都是这样,就应把being去掉.例如:
Tom is being foolish(汤姆此刻正在说傻话或做傻事).本句意指主语此刻正在表现出这种特征.试把这个句子与Tom is foolish(汤姆很愚蠢)相比较.后一句意指汤姆在言谈和行动上总是愚蠢的.
He is being stubborn.他在这件事上是很固执的.
He is stubborn.他是一个固执的人(平常就很固执).
有些形容词如stupid,difficult,funny,polite等用于进行式时,可以意味着主语有意这样做.例如:
You are being stupid(你有意装傻)可以意指You are not trying to understand(你不想努力弄懂).
He is being difficult(他故意犯别扭)通常意味着He is raising unnecessary objections(他正在提出一些不必要的异议).
He is being funny(他在故意做出滑稽可笑的样子)通常意味着He is only joking.Don’t believe him(他只是开玩笑,不要相信他).
She is just being polite(她只是做出有礼貌的样子)可能意指She is only pretending to admire your car/clothes/house等(她装做表示羡慕你的车子/衣服/房子等).