我們運(yùn)用英語常不知不覺地犯一些錯誤,下面舉一些實(shí)例提醒大家不要忽視這類問題。
1.把某物忘在某處要用leave而不能用forget。
forget作及物動詞意為“忘記,忘掉”,leave作及物動詞表示“遺忘,丟下”。當(dāng)表示“把某物忘在某處”時(shí),要用“l(fā)eave+某物+在某處”句型。例如:He left his keys at home.
forget作及物動詞可以帶名詞、代詞、不定式、動名詞和從句等作賓語。例如:
We’ll never forget your kindness.
I have forgotten where he lives.
要注意不定式和動名詞作forget的賓語時(shí)的不同含義:
He forgot to tell her about it.他忘記告訴她這件事。
He forgot telling her about it.他忘了他曾經(jīng)告訴過她這件事。
2.表示“找到,發(fā)現(xiàn)”用find,不用find out。find out表示“弄清,查明”的意思。例如:
She looked everywhere for her gold ring,but didn’t find it.
He was found dead when the doctor got there.
Please find out when the train starts.
3.search有“搜查,搜身”的意思,表示“尋找”應(yīng)用search for或search...for。例如:
The policeman searched him but found nothing.
They searched every part of the building.
The parents searched for their lost child everywhere.
He searched the library for the reference books.
4.表示“怎樣處理某事”時(shí),英語常用do with的結(jié)構(gòu),受漢語影響用how和其連用是錯誤的,因?yàn)閐o是及物動詞,要用what作賓語,how是疑問副詞,不能作賓語。介詞with后面同樣接表示某事或某物的名詞。例如:
I don’t know what I should do with this letter.
What will you do with the matter?
5.every day和far away是我們非常熟悉的詞組,它們都可以連寫變?yōu)橐粋€(gè)單詞,常被混淆用錯。
everyday adj.日常的,普通的,常用作定語;every day每天,是副詞詞組。例如:
everyday dife 日常生活 everyday clothes 便服
everyday people 普通人
faraway adj.遙遠(yuǎn)的,心不在焉的,作定語或表語;far away 遙遠(yuǎn),作狀語、表語或定語。例如:
a faraway village 遙遠(yuǎn)的村子
She looks faraway.她看來有些心不在焉。
The moon is far away from the earth.(作表語)
He lives far away.(作狀語)
He lives in town far away.(作后置定語)
6.注意區(qū)別系表結(jié)構(gòu)be open和動詞的被動結(jié)構(gòu)be opened。前者open是形容詞,表狀態(tài),意為“開著的”。例如:
The door is open.或The shop was not open yesterday.
后者表示動作,是“被打開”的意思。例如:
The door was opened by force.門被暴力打開。
The new railway will soon be opened to traffic.新鐵路即將通車。