單詞合與分意義各不同

賈桂青

在英語(yǔ)中有些復(fù)合詞（組）分開(kāi)用時(shí)，其意義與原來(lái)用法有較大的區(qū)別。下面舉例說(shuō)明，希望能夠引起同學(xué)們的注意。

1. Water is very important in our everyday life.

Every day Mr.? Wang walks to school.

everyday是形容詞作定語(yǔ)，意為“每日的”;而every day是副詞短語(yǔ)，意為“每一天”。

2. My father usually reads newspaper after supper，but sometimes he watches TV.

They have been to Shanghai some times.

He will stay in Jinan for some time.

Aunt Wang will visit his son sometime next month.

sometimes意為“有時(shí)候”;some times中time意為“次數(shù)”;some time為一段時(shí)間;而sometime為將來(lái)某一不特定的時(shí)間。

3. His father may be a teacher.

Maybe it is in one of your pockets.

may為情態(tài)動(dòng)詞，與be共同構(gòu)成謂語(yǔ);maybe為副詞，作狀語(yǔ)，多用于句首，相當(dāng)于“perhaps”。

4. Chinese take-away food is also popular.

Please take them away.

take-away為復(fù)合形容詞，意為“外賣(mài)的，可帶走的”;take away為動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)，意為“拿走，帶走”。

5. One day when Susan was eight years old，she saw a wallet lying on ground.

She is an 8-year-old girl.

eight years old是形容詞短語(yǔ)，多作表語(yǔ)，詞組中名詞用復(fù)數(shù)，可以用“at the age of...”替換;8-year-old為復(fù)合形容詞，多作前置定語(yǔ)，其中數(shù)字多用阿拉伯?dāng)?shù)字，名詞用單數(shù)，詞之間用連字符。如：100-meter-race，two-month-holiday等。

6. Chen Hui is coming tonight.

His grandfather was made to work from morning to night.

tonight為副詞，意為“今晚”;而to night為介詞短語(yǔ)，意為“到晚上”。