1.【語意表述】對他人或自己已經做了的事情表示抱歉。
【句型模板】Sorry to have done something
【指點迷津】如果是自己已經做了的事情,sorry后面的不定式要用完成式。
【句型操練】Sorry to have bothered you.
很抱歉呢打攪到您。
【句型出處】Sorry to have kept you waiting, sir.
2.【語意表述】讓某人久等了。
【句型模板】Somebody keeps someone waiting for a long time.
【指點迷津】keep作為使役動詞,后面跟的賓語的補足語要使用現在分詞,即:keep somebody doing something.
【句型操練】I got mad at the receptionist in the end as she had kept me waiting for a long time.
【句型出處】Uh-uh, don't come all high and mighty with me.
3.【語意表述】某人盡快做某事。
【句型模板】Somebody does something as fast as he can.
【指點迷津】as+副詞+someone can表示“盡......的”。例如:as possible as you can(盡可能地)。
【句型操練】Fetch a doctor as fast as you can.
盡快找來一位大夫。
【句型出處】Fetch Mr Carson as fast as you can.
4.【語意表述】勸別人找別的想法,不要按現在的想法。
【句型模板】Somebody gets another think coming.
【指點迷津】think在這里做名詞用,意思是“想法”。Get在這里是使役動詞,意思是“是,讓”。Get another think coming的意思就是讓另外一個想法來,意即:想別的東西。
【句型操練】Don’t explain anymore and I don’t buy your story. You had better get another think coming.
別再解釋了,我不會相信的,想別的法子讓我相信吧。
【句型出處】If you think you're tucking me away somewhere you've got another think coming.
5. 【語意表述】某人介意某人做某事,不愿意,不同意做某事。
【句型模板】Somebody minds doing something.
【指點迷津】用mind來表示“介意,同意,在乎”的意思時,后面接動詞的話,要使用動名詞形式,即為:mind doing something。表示否定的話,在doing的前面直接加上否定詞not。
【句型操練1】Did she mind not getting the job?
她沒得到那份工作是不是很失意?
【句型操練2】Would you mind helping me?
請幫幫我的忙好嗎?
【句型出處】Oh, aye, I'll not mind waiting in here.