英语辅导:“决定”“不久以后”“独自”掌握 |
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1. alone; lonely alone作形容词时,意为“单独的”,“独自的”,可作表语和宾语补足语;作副词时,意为“独自地”,在句中作状语。注意:alone不带感情色彩。如: Susan is alone here. 这儿就苏珊一人。 Mr Black found himself alone when he woke up. 布莱克先生醒来时发现只有他一个人。 When his wife died, he lived alone. 他妻子去世后,他独自生活。 lonely是形容词,可作表语或定语。作表语时,表示主观上的孤独感,主要指因缺少朋友、友谊时所产生的一种悲伤的和忧郁的感情;作定语时,常常修饰处所名词,意为“荒凉的”、“无人居住的”。如: The old man lives alone, but he never feels lonely. 这位老人一个人住,但他从不感到寂寞。 There is a lonely house at the foot of the hill. 山脚下有一座孤零零的房子。 2. decide; make up one's mind decide指经过思考、询问和讨论后做出判断或决定去做某事。如: Professor Wang's words decided her to catch up with others. 王教授的话使她下决心赶上其他人。 I decided to take the position at the bank. 我决定接受在银行的职位。 make up one's mind是hesitate(迟疑), be puzzled(迷惑不解)等词的相对说法,表示不再犹豫不决。如: Have you made up your mind how to do it? 你已经拿定主意怎样做这件事了吗? She made up her mind that she would win. 她决心争取胜利。 3. before long; long before before long相当于soon, a little later,意为“不久或不久以后”,常与将来时、过去时态连用,在句中作状语。如: The book will be published before long. 那本书不久将要出版。 Before long he came to Canada to go on with his education. 不久以后他去了加拿大继续深造。 long before相当于long, long ago意为“很久;很久以前”,常用于过去时或过去完成时。如: Long before, there is a big museum here. 很久以前,这里有一座大博物馆。 I had heard of him long before I came here. 我来这儿很久以前就听说过他的情况。 (文/李建高;英语辅导报初三版04—05学年度第17期;版权归英语辅导报社所有,独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育,未经许可,不得以任何形式进行转载。) |