你相信有鬼吗?
They were charged with receiving stolen goods.
他们被指控收受赃物。
you haven′t complied with the regulations.
你没有遵守条例规定。
For a week she lived on bananas and milk.
她靠吃香蕉喝牛奶过了一星期。
It never occurred to me to insure the house.
我从来也没想到过去给房子投保。
They persisted in defying the law.
他们多次犯法。
When arguments failed he resorted to threats.
他争辩不过别人的时候,就进行威胁。
注意:feel like+名词/代词意指“觉得想吃(喝)某东西或做某事”:
De you feel like a drink/a meal/a rest?
你想喝点什么/吃顿饭/休息一下吗?
feel like+动名词意指“觉得想做某事”:
I don′t feel like walking there.
我不想步行到那里去。
(关于like在比较中的用法参见第21节G-I。)
被动态动词当然可以接by+施动者,但它也可以接其他介词:
The referee was booed by the crowd.
裁判员遭到了观众的起哄。
The referee was booed for his decision/for awarding a penalty.
裁判员由于所作的裁决/所做出的犯规处罚而遭到起哄。
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98 介词后的动名词
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A 前面第89节中已经提到过,紧接在介词后的动词必须用动名词形式:
He left without paying his bill.
他没有付账就走了。
I apologize for not writing before.
我此前未能写信,谨表歉意。
She insisted on paying for herself.
她坚持要付她自己的那一份钱。
Before signing the contract,read the small print.
在签署合约以前,请详读小号字印出的内容。
(另参见第259节。)
还请注意某些名词+介词+动名词结构:
There′s no point in taking your car if you can′t park.
如果那里不能停放车子的话,你开车去就没多大意思了。
What′s the point of taking your car if you can′t park?
如果无处停放车子,你开车去还有什么意思呢?
Is there any chance/likelihood of his changing his mind?
他有可能改变主意吗?
Have you any objection to changing your working hours?
你反不反对改变你的工作时间?
I am in favour of giving everyone a day off.
我赞同给大家放一天假。
B 介词后面必须带动词的动名词形式,这一规则的唯一例外是except和but(介词)。在它们后面带动词原形:
I could do nothing except agree.
我除了同意,没有别的办法。
He did nothing but complain.
他只是抱怨,什么也不做。
但是如果but用做连词,即如果它引导从句,它的后面就可直接跟完整的不定式或动名词:
Being idle sometimes is agreeable,but being idle all the time might become monotonous.
有时清闲无事是令人惬意的,但总是闲呆着就可能变得单调乏味了。
To be idle sometimes is agreeable,but to be idle all the time…(译文同上。)
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99 介词/副词
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许多词既可作介词又可作副词:
He got off the bus at the corner.(介词)
他在拐角处下了公共汽车。
He get off at the corner.(副词)
他在拐角处下车。
这些既可作介词又可作副词的词中最重要的有above,about,
across,along,before,behind,below,besides,by,down,in,near,off,on,over,past,round,since,through,under,up:
They were here before six.(介词)
他们6点之前在这里。
He has done this sort of work before.(副词)
他以前干过这种工作。
Peter is behind us.(介词)
彼得在我们的后面。
He′s a long way behind.(副词)
他远远地落在后面。
She climbed over the wall.(介词)
她爬过墙头。
You′ll have to climb over too.(副词)
你也得爬过去。
When the meeting was over the delegates went home.(副词)
会议结束后代表们各自回家了。(这里over=finished结束)
The shop is just round the corner.(介词)
商店拐过街口就是。
Come round(to my house)any evening.(副词)
晚上有空来我家串门。
He ran up the stairs.(介词)
他跑上楼梯。
He went up in the lift.(副词)
他乘电梯上去了。
这些词中许多可以用来构成短语动词(参见第三十八章):
The plane took off.
飞机起飞了。(离开了地面)
He came round.
他恢复知觉了。(恢复了意识)
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第十章?动词概说?
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100 动词的分类
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A 英语动词分两大类:
1 助动词:
be have do
can could may might must ought shall should will would need dare used
2 所有其他动词都可称做普通动词,如:
work sing pray
B be,have,do,need和dare与普通动词一样,有不定式和分词形式,但是can,could,may,might,must,ought,shall,should,will 和would既没有不定式形式也没有分词形式,所以只有几种非常有限的形式。
在研究助动词之前,先对普通动词的形式作简要的研究可能是有益的,因为普通动词多半加助动词以作时态变化。
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101 主动态动词的主要变化
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主动态动词的主要变化请参见下表中的例子:
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规则动词的一般过去式和过去分词的构成都是在原形后加d或ed,有时原形的末尾辅音字母必须双写,如slip,slipped。(参见第355节拼写规则。)关于不规则动词,参见第364节。现在分词和动名词的变化总是规则的,其构成是在原形后加ing。在原形后加ing时,关于末尾的辅音字母的双写规则,这里也同样适用。