類似的常用用法請同學們牢記:
Be used to doing
Adapt to doing
Adjust to doing
prefer doing sth. to doing sth。
Be accustomed to doing
See to doing
等等,請注意平時仔細積累。
四、表“建議”的詞匯后面忘記用虛擬從句
這是摘自學生雅思作文中的一個病句:
I suggest he continues his study instead of working after graduation from high school。
因為“suggest”翻譯為“建議”,所以后面的從句應該用虛擬語氣,句中“continues”部分應該改為“(should) continue”。
在此,小編提醒您,一定要牢記以下常見表“建議”的詞匯,而且要記住這些詞接從句時要用虛擬語氣:
Recommend, suggest, advise
五、compare與contrast的誤用
我們先從兩者的定義入手來看兩者的區別。 Compare的定義為:to examine people or things to see how they are similar or different. Contrast的定義為:to compare two or more things to show the difference between them。由定義不難看出前者側重于找到兩個或多個事物的異同,而后者則側重于它們的不同。
看個例句:
It is interesting to compare their situations to ours./It is interesting to contrast their situations to ours。
前一句翻譯為:對比一下我們的情況與他們的情況會很有趣。
后一句的翻譯為:我們的情況與他們的情況有很大的不同,這很有趣。
再看一個引自OXFORD ADBANCED LEARNER'S DICTIONARY的例子:
There is an obvious contrast between the culture of East and West。
The company lost $7 million in contrast to a profit of $6.2 million a year earlier。
When you look at their new system, ours seems very old-fashioned by contrast。
不難發現,Compare翻譯為“與……相比”而contrast可譯為“明顯不同的是……”,切記這種翻譯方式就不會用錯彼此了。