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Preposition 介词

Preposition 介词:Where?When?How?

简要解释

🏠 Where 解释地点

🕒 When 解释时间

🏹 How 解释作用

详细解释

时间

🕐 After 之后

  • The bats come out after the sun goes down. 太阳下山之后蝙蝠就出来了。

🕑 At (Precise)精确的时间点

  • The vampire wakes at 10 p.m. 吸血鬼晚上 10 点醒来。

🕒 Before 之前

  • Can you take out the garbage before you leave the house? 你能在离开家之前把垃圾拿出去吗?

🕓 By(Precision of end)精确的结束时间,但开始时间比较模糊

  • This place had better be clean by 3 p.m. 这个地方最好在下午三点前打扫干净。

🕔 For(Duration)时间段

  • I have been a chef for forty years. 我当厨师已经四十年了。

🕕 In (Bounded Duration) 有限的时间段

  • In March 在三月

  • In The Middle Ages 中世纪


🕖 On(Specific Day)指定的时间

  • On the 4th of July, many Americans watch fireworks and eat encased meats. 在 7 月 4 日这一天,许多美国人会看烟火,吃包肉。

🕗 Since(Precise beginning)精确的开始时间

  • Since 1974, our company has made nothing but toasters. 自1974年以来,我们公司只生产烤面包机。

🕘 Until(Precise ending)精确的结束时间

  • You have until midnight to rescue the Ambassador, break the curse, and save Prince Wilbur. 你们必须在午夜前救出大使,打破诅咒,救出威尔伯王子。

空间

place

💡 补充

  • 在空间感、立体感或者过程感的语境中,用 in(面)
  • 在平面感、边沿或者线性感觉的语境中,用 on(线)
  • 表示具体点位用 at(点)
  1. in the street 在街道上, on the road 在路上:街道是立体的(参照街道两边),而路是平面的(参照路的表面)
  2. in the corner 和 at the corner 的区别:in the corner 指的是在角落里,at the corner 指的是在角落处
  3. 延伸到词组上
    1. be good at 擅长做某事(“do well in”,虽然也表示擅长做某事,但是“do well in”表示多个方面都做的好,某一方面做的也好,而 be good at 单指某一方面做的好)
    2. put pressure on 给某人施加压力
    3. be busy in doing sth. 忙于做某事

非时间非空间的介词

🧩 About(Subject)主题

  • Tell me about yourself! 告诉我关于你自己的事吧!

🧩 By(Agent)代理

  • The book was written by Sudhir. 这本书是 Sudhir 写的。

🧩 For(Use)用途

  • It's for chipping wood. 这是用来劈柴的。

🧩 Of(Belong)归属

  • the great green dragon of Inverness. 因弗内斯的绿巨龙

🧩 With(Together)一起

  • There goes that snail with the painted shell. 那只带着彩绘壳的蜗牛走了

Compound Preposition 复合介词

复合介词:比普通介词长度更长。

❄️ Between(Consider individual)认为是个体

  • The firefly zipped between the raindrops. 萤火虫在雨点之间快速移动。
  • What do you want to watch? I can’t decide between “Humdinger!” And “Police Cat”. 你想看什么?我决定不了是“Humdinger!”还有“警察猫”

❄️ Among(Consider collectively)认为是集合

  • Ashley and Cyrus frolicked among the daisies. 希礼和塞勒斯在雏菊丛中嬉戏。
  • Among the ideas you’ve had, I like this one best. 在你所有的主意中,我最喜欢这个。

❄️ Around

  • The fox ran around the tree. 狐狸绕着树跑。
  • The mayor talked around the issue. 市长绕开了这个问题。

❄️ Against(Opposition)反对

  • Rudyard leaned heavily against a tree. 拉迪亚德重重地靠在一棵树上。
  • Georgie campaigned against clog dancing. 乔治发起了反对跳木屐舞的运动。

❄️ Within(In)里面

  • There is a frog within the pond. 池塘里有一只青蛙。

  • Who can say what is within Ralph’s heart? 谁能说出拉尔夫的内心?

❄️ Without(No with)

  • He complied without argument. 他没有争辩就服从了。

❄️ Inside(In/Within)

  • What’s inside the box? 盒子里有什么?
  • What’s inside her mind right now? 她现在在想什么?

❄️ Beyond(Far away、Past)

  • Beyond those mountains is Terrell’s kingdom. 山那边就是特雷尔的王国。
  • This strawberry’s flavor is beyond anything I’ve ever had before. 这草莓的味道比我以前吃过的都好。

Prepositional Phrases 介词性短语

介词性短语作用:

1️⃣ 名词 As nouns

To steal the Queen’s diamonds would be a terrible crime.

2️⃣ 形容词 As adverbs

I would enjoy exploring the Cathedral of Glass.

3️⃣ 副词 As adjectives

The undiscovered country, from whose bourn no traveler returns. (From Hamlet abount dealth)


注意使用,注意避免引起歧义:

🧔‍♂️: I knew a man with a wooden leg named Smith.

👦: What was the name of his other leg?

Solve the problem: I knew a man named Smith who had a wooden leg.

Terminal Preposition 结束介词

Terminal Preposition 结束介词:以介词作为句子结束,例子:

👉 It’s a crazy would we live in.

👉 That’s not behavior I will pull up with.