What are you doing up here, Bill?
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What are you doing up here, Bill? In this sentence, does “up” modify “here”? What does it mean? Please give me some guidance.
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\"Up\" should modify \"do\"; \"doing up\" means to repair, fix, or dress up something
The answer on the 3rd floor makes sense; I agree. The general idea is: What are you actually doing here? This post was last edited by king263 on 2009-2-1 17:12]
The vicar didn’t know that Bill was repairing the bell, so the statement \"up there\" doesn’t make sense. \"Up\" is an adjective that modifies the noun here, meaning \"on top of it\", as Bill was right on the bell when the vicar saw him. \"What are you doing up there?\" —— \"What exactly are you doing on top of that, Bill?\" ”
Does \"up\" modify \"here\"? This understanding is more in line with reality; thank you to Echo(wandering) and all the experts for their replies
According to the explanation on floor 5, this sentence has a context, so it cannot be understood in a normal way; otherwise I would also translate it as: What on earth are you doing here, Bill?
After reading everyone’s opinions above, I think that for just this sentence, this translation is fine. I wonder if the original poster has any context regarding the topic? This post was last edited by hanshan on 2009-2-2 at 08:55.]
Given the context of this text, I think UP functions independently as a Zhuang word in this sentence, and it is not used to modify HERE
On a tree, the preposition used is also up; for example: In Lesson 1 of New Concept, several people complained of ‘cat-like noises’ at night, and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.
What are you doing up here, Bill? Should be rephrased as: You are doing what up here. Here, “up” functions as a preposition