" What d'you think I was doing? " asked Harry with feeble bravado.

“你觉得我在干什么？”哈利底气不足地反问。

Another great way to keep the conversation going is to use question tags.

保持对话进行的另个好方法是使用反问句。

Analyst Carolina Milanesi thinks that might be a good idea and poses a rhetorical question.

分析师卡罗莱纳·米拉内西认为，这可能是个好主意，同时她提个反问句。

You can also feel free to turn the question back to the interviewer.

你也可以反问面试官这些问题。

But his companion jeered, asking why a man with so much gold and a palatial castle to his name had been unable to attract a wife.

可是他的同伴笑起来，反问为何个拥有这么多金子和宏伟城堡的男人却没能找到位妻子。

Now, what about when you turn the question round on someone?

那么，你也可以把这个问题反问对方。

Some part answering the question with a question and the rest is all practical.

有些是反问的，其余的都是实际的。

The milk people don't have a patent on simple rhetorical questions!

编牛奶广告的那群人又没为简单反问句专利！

That was a rhetorical question 'cause you can't have possibly expected an answer from me.

那是个反问句，因为你不可能指望我回答。

" Why shouldn't it" ? Charles demanded rather shortly.

" 为什么不能？" 查尔斯没好气地反问句。

“But why should he? ” asked Mrs. Weasley.

“他怎么会发现呢？”韦斯莱夫人反问。

" What are you doing here? " Ove blurts out.

“你来这儿干什么？”欧维反问。

This is an example of a rhetorical question.

这是个反问句的例子。

I answered him, and asked in turn who I was talking with.

我回答他，反问他是谁。

I do that, too, Socrates. - We are...

我也会反问对方 苏格拉底 -我们是。

But to look upon his wife as innocence in distress was impossible, though he could ask himself whether he had given her quite time enough—if he had not come a little too suddenly upon her on that sombre morning.

不过，要把他妻子看成清白无辜、冤枉受屈，这是不可能的，尽管他也反问自己，他是否给她足够的时间——那个阴沉的早晨，他对她所做的是否有点太突然。

The next time you're at the store, pick up a four-pack of CFLs and replace the bulbs that are on the most, maybe the porch light, then ask your friends: Why haven't you switched?

你下次购物的时候，买盒四只装的荧光灯，换掉家中常亮的灯，比如门廊灯。然后反问你的朋友：为什么不换成荧光灯呢？

" I" ? His brows went up in mock surprise. " You should know me better. I never go about the world doing good deeds if I can avoid it" .

" 我？" 他竖起眉头假装吃惊地反问。" 你应当对我更清楚嘛。

The solution to that is to share more, give more detail in your answers, share your personality, and remember to ask questions back.

解决办法是分享更多信息，在你的回答中提供更多细节，展现你的个性，并记得反问问题。

Jo frowned upon that piece of extravagance, and asked why he didn't buy a frail of dates, a cask of raisins, and a bag of almonds, and be done with it?

乔对这种奢侈品表示不满，反问他为什么不买篓枣子、罐葡萄干和袋杏仁就算？