對于眾多英語學習者而言,可能時態(tài)、語態(tài)和數(shù)之不盡的英語詞匯是大家學習的難點??峙潞苌贂腥巳ド罹抗谠~,然而冠詞在英語中的地位是牢不可破的,少了它就亂套了!
我們來看幾組跟冠詞有著千絲萬縷聯(lián)系的詞組
1. in possession of… in the possession of…
擁有、占有之意,兩個短語唯一的區(qū)別就是一個the。in possession of…應使用人作為句子的主語,而in the possession of…則要使用物作為主語,of后跟someone。
例句:
He was caught in possession of a gun and some drugs.
那個嫌疑犯被逮住的時候被發(fā)現(xiàn)攜有一支槍和一些毒品。
這句話也可以轉(zhuǎn)換為A gun and some drugs were in the possession of the suspect when he was caught.
2. in charge of… in someone's charge…
管理、負責之意。這組短語和第一組類似,主語是人還是物,大家一定要留心。
例句:
He was selected to be in charge of the new department. 他被選做這個新部門的負責人。
The new department had been in the manager's charge since it was founded. 這個新部門成立時就是由經(jīng)理來負責的。
3. in fashion in a fashion
in fashion意為正在流行,相關(guān)短語還有come into fashion開始流行、bring…into fashion使某物流行。
例句:
Jeans are still in fashion this year. 今年牛仔褲仍舊十分流行。
若是在中間加了冠詞a,意思可就截然不同了。in a fashion意為勉強、馬馬虎虎,和after a fashion意思相同。
例句:Jennifer told me she could play tennis in a fashion/after a fashion.
珍妮弗告訴我她網(wǎng)球打得馬馬虎虎。
4. in the hope of… in hopes of… 這兩個短語意思是一樣的,都是“懷著某種希望”。但是絕對不要試圖省掉the或者使用hope的單數(shù)形式。如果后面跟從句可以用in the hope that…。
例句:
Mike wrote a touching letter to his girlfriend in the hope that she would forgive him.
麥克給她女朋友寫了封感人肺腑的信,希望可以得到女朋友的原諒。
例句:
He came to New York alone in hopes of finding a job.
他懷著找工作的希望,只身一人來到紐約。
5. on the Earth on earth
on the Earth表示在地球上,就是其字面含義。
例句:
We can not make use of the resources on the Earth without replacing them.
我們不能無止盡地利用地球上的資源而不去尋找替代能源。
on earth 在人世間,并無具體意義,常和表示否定意義的詞連用表示強調(diào)。
例句:
She is such a stubborn person that no one on earth could change her mind.
她是個如此倔強的人,沒有誰能改變她的想法。