語法難點精析之被分隔的定語從句】
如：
the enemy officer was caught alive.(作主語補足語，不用living）
那位敵方軍官被活捉了。
we found the snake alive.(作賓語補足語，不用living）
he is the living image of his father.(比喻義，不用alive）
他活象他父親。
⑷只有living前加the方可表示“活著的人”，作主語時，視作復數。
如：
the living are more important to us than the dead.
活著的人對我們來說比死去的人更重要。
語法難點精析之含義因有無冠詞而迥異的短語】
at play 在玩
at the play 在看戲
behind time 遲到
behind the times 落在時代后
by day 在白天
by the day 按日計算
by sea 乘船
by the sea 在海邊
in front of 在...(外面的)前面
in the front of 在...(內部的前面)
in charge of 看護,負責
in the charge of 由...看護,由...負責
in secret 秘密地(作狀語)
in the secret 知道內情(作表語)
in course of 在...過程中(作表語后置定語)
in the course of 在...期間(作狀語)
in red 穿著紅衣服
in the red 負債,赤字
of age 成年
of an age (歲數)同年
on fire 著火
on the fire 在考慮中
on occasion 不時地;必要時
on the occasion 在那時
out of question 毫無疑問
out of the question 不可能
to death 十分
to the death 到最后
five of us 我們中的五人(部分)
the five of us 我們五個人(全部)
a yellow and white cat 一只黃白相間的貓
a yellow and a white cat 一只黃貓和一只白貓
in a faimly way 象一家人一樣
in the family way 懷孕
die of cold 凍死
die of a cold 感冒而死
have words with 與...爭吵
have a word with 與...略談
keep house 管理家務
keep the house 守在家里
take rest 就寢
take a reat 休息一下
take place 發生
take the place of 代替
【語法難點精析之與-ly副詞同義的介詞短語】
in angry= angrily
in despair= desparingly
in admiration= admiringly
in common = commonly
in fact = acrually
in fear = fearfully
in fairness = fairly
in fun = funnily
in grief = grievously
in joke = jokingly
in line = lineally
in mercy = mercifully
in public = publicly
in silence =silently
in spite =spitefully
in sorrow =sorrily/sorrowfully
in surprise =surprisedly
with a smile =smilingly
with satisfaction = satisfactorily
with attention =attentively
with care =carefully
with courage =courageously
with difficult =difficultly
with emphasis = emphatically
with fascination =fascinatingly
with grace =gracefully
with joy = joyfully
with pride =proudly
with pleasure =pleasantly
with warmth =warmly
out of breath =breathlessly
【語法難點精析之用to do還是of doing作后置定語】
不同的名詞,對這兩種后置定語的選擇是有區別的,有的只能用to do,有的只可用of doing,有的兩種都可以.現分述如下:
⑴will, willingness, suggestion, conclusion, decision, permission, agreement, refusal, determination, proposal, resolution等,一般用不定式作后置定語.
如:
mary has the will to win the first prize.(不用of winning)