Q老師,famous的同義詞是well-known,它們的用法相同嗎?幾個與famous相關(guān)的短語我也不太明白,您能講講嗎?
AFamous和well-known意思相似,但前者語氣較強(qiáng),意為“廣為人知的”。如:1)A famous singer will come to this small village.一位知名歌手將會來這個小山村。
2)Truth can be known, but it may not be the well-known truth. 道可道,非常道。
另外,要注意這兩個形容詞的比較級和最高級的變化形式,如下:
famous→more famous→the most famous;well-known→better-known→the best-known
Famous構(gòu)成的短語及用法:sb. be famous for… 指某人以某種知識、技能或特征出名;sb. be famous as… 指某人以某種身份出名。對比下面兩個例句:
3)Edison was famous for his great inventions. 愛迪生因他的偉大發(fā)明而聞名。
4)Edison was famous as a great scientist. 愛迪生以一名偉大的科學(xué)家著稱。
Someplace be famous for…指某地以某種特產(chǎn)而出名;someplace be famous as… 指某地因為是某種特別的地方而出名。對比下面兩個例句:
5)That city is famous for its dark tea. 那個城市以黑茶而出名。
6)Shaoshan is famous as the birthplace of Mao Zedong. 韶山以毛澤東的出生地而聞名。
Q老師,run out和run out of有什么區(qū)別?
A短語run out和run out of 都表示“用完了”,其區(qū)別在于:run out的主語常為時間、食物、金錢等名詞。如:
1)Our food will run out soon. 我們的食物很快就要被消耗完了。
2)His money soon ran out. 他的錢很快就花完了。
而run out of的主語一般是人,基本用法為sb. run out of sth. 如:
3)He had run out of money when I met him at the bus stop. 我在公交車站見到他時,他的錢已經(jīng)花光了。
4)We had run out of ideas. 我們已經(jīng)想不出點子了。
Q老師,use的好幾個短語,比如used to do, be used to doing, be used to do等,看上去很相似,該如何區(qū)別?
AUsed一詞既可以是use的過去式和過去分詞,也可以用在used to do sth.這樣的短語中表示“過去常?!保ǖF(xiàn)在已經(jīng)不存在的習(xí)慣與狀態(tài));used還可以作形容詞,用在短語be used to sth./doing sth. 或get used to sth. / doing sth. 中表示“習(xí)慣于……的”;另外,used也可以直接修飾名詞,表示“用過的”,如:used cars二手汽車。
當(dāng)used作use的過去式和過去分詞時,請看下面兩組例句:
1)I used the money to buy a new car. 我用那筆錢買了新車?!鶷he money was used to buy a new car by me.(改為被動語態(tài))
2)He used his pen as a knife. 他把筆當(dāng)小刀來用?!鶫is pen was used as a knife by him. (改為被動語態(tài))
Used to do sth表示“過去常常……”。如:
3)I used to go to the cinema a lot, but I never get the time now. 我以前常去看電影,但現(xiàn)在完全沒時間。
Be used to sth./doing sth.意為“習(xí)慣于……的”,表示已經(jīng)習(xí)慣了的狀態(tài);get used to sth./doing sth. 表示由不習(xí)慣到習(xí)慣的變化。如:
4)I am used to the noise. 我已經(jīng)習(xí)慣那些噪音了。
5)I have to get used to getting up early, or I will miss the only train to my company. 我必須習(xí)慣早起,否則就趕不上唯一一趟到公司的火車。
總結(jié)一下:
be used to do sth. 被用來做……
be used as sth. 被當(dāng)成……使用
be used for doing sth. 被用于做……
used to do sth. 過去常?!ǖF(xiàn)在已經(jīng)不存在的習(xí)慣與狀態(tài))
be used to doing sth. / sth. 習(xí)慣于(做)……的(表已經(jīng)習(xí)慣了的狀態(tài))
get used to doing sth./ sth. 習(xí)慣于(做)……的(表由不習(xí)慣到習(xí)慣的變化)