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Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic, a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout
“泰坦尼克”起航后的第4天,它正行驶在北大西洋冰冷的海面上,突然,瞭望员发现一座冰山
翻译成“起航四天后”,你再看看,还涉及你说的问题吗?
再者,就算不受到翻译的干扰,但凭语英语自身的语感,xx(time) after sth,这里xx明显是一个时长啊。
如果要用序数词,就不是搭配after。而是
This is the fourth day when(表示距离起始时间点) ……或
This is the fourth day from ……