英語中有太多的介詞容易混淆了,所以呢,今天Stella要跟各位寶寶聊一聊介詞使用的那些事兒。
下面,給大家列出了常見的介詞錯誤的用法:
1) arrive at 還是 arrive in
*When we arrived to Nancy’s house…
Arrive後通常搭配at或者in, 不與to搭配。而根據後面地點的不同,搭配的介詞也不同。at通常用在具體的地點前,比如:school學校、restaurant餐廳、airport機場、Nancy’s house Nancy的家;而in通常用在城市或國家前面。
給大家舉兩個例子:
When we arrived at Nancy’s house…
當我們到達Nancy的家的時候……
The president arrived in Spain on Friday.
總統於周五到達西班牙。
2) at night
*We often go out in the night.
在說一天的時段時,有的時候用in,有的時候用at.
用in的情況: in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening
用at的情況:at night.
We often go out at night.
我們經常在夜晚出門。
Rome is beautiful at night.
夜晚的羅馬很美。
3) look for 和wait for
*I was looking my glasses.
*Sue was waiting me at the train station.
如果你想表達尋找,那麼用look for或者search for;
如果你想表達等待,那麼用wait for。
一定不能夠單用look和wait,一定要加上介詞for.
I was looking for my glasses.
我正在找我的眼鏡。
Sue was waiting for me at the train station.
Sue正在火車站等著我。
4) 接時間段的for和since
*I』ve been working here since five years.
for用在一段時間前面,比如:a few minutes/three months/twenty years。
since和具體的時間點連用,比如:this morning/September/the day we met。
I』ve been working here for five years.
我在這裡工作五年了。
I haven’t seen her since yesterday morning.
昨天早上之後,我就沒再見到她。
5) 與日期搭配的in 和on
*It’s my birthday on July!
*It’s my birthday in Saturday!
in總是和年份或月份連用。[months and years]
on和具體的星期幾或日期連用。[days and dates]
It’s my birthday in July!
我的生日在7月。
It’s my birthday on Saturday!
我的生日在周六!
It’s my birthday on May 14th.
我的生日在五月十四號。
6) welcome to
*Welcome in China!
歡迎到某地用welcome to+地點,比如:a house/school/organization/city/country。
Welcome to China!
歡迎來到中國!
各位寶寶在學單詞的時候,也要搭著學學介詞搭配,這樣才能把單詞用準、用活。