英语辅导:从一道高考题看 depend 的用法 |
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请先看下面2004年这道高考题: —How often do you eat out? — ________ ,but usually once a week. (天津) A. Have no idea B. It depends C. As usual D. Generally speaking 这道题的答案是B,主要考查动词depend的用法。depend也是高一上学期要掌握的重点词汇,如在Unit 9 的Speaking部分有“Well, it depends.”的句式。为使同学们对depend的用法有一个全面的了解,现分述如下: 1. depend作为不及物动词,常与介词on 或upon连用,后接名词或代词。如: The people's lives depend on their crops. You should not listen to rumor (谣言). You can depend on me. 2. depend 作“依靠”解,其后接“名词(代词)+ for sth.”。如: All living things depend on the sun for their growth. 3. depend作“相信”解,后接动名词或动名词复合结构。如: Susan can depend on their arriving here safely. 4. depend作“指望”解,后接“sb. + 不定式”。如: You can't depend on your enemy to help you. 5. depend 作“看……(情况)”解,后接从句。如: It just depends on how my wife deals with the problem. 6. depend 作“信赖;相信”解,后接不定式的被动结构作定语。如: Jane is a person to be depended upon. 7. depend 在口语中意为“看情况”,可以有That depends, It depends, It all depends等几种说法。如: —Are you going? —It all depends. 8. depend on (upon) it 意为“请相信;没问题”,用于句首或句末。如: Do depend on it, and we shall succeed in time. 9. depend on 后接表示“是否”的从句时,只用whether, 不用if。如: It depends on whether you want to do it or not. 综上所述,本文开头的那道高考题正是depend的第7种用法。 (文/范双武; 英语辅导报高一版 04~05学年度第24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。) |