职称英语指导:语法知识——介词的意义d
7.表示价格的介词 at和for都可表示价格,at仅表示价格,for还表示“交换”,如: Eggs are sold at 95 cents a dozen here. I bought it for five pounds. 8.表示其它意义的介词 in spite of, despite, for(all…), with(all…)等表示让步意义的介词。其中:despite较为正式,in spite of较为普遍,for/with(all…)较为口语化。 In spite of / despite the bad weather 尽管天气不好 For / with all his shortcomings 尽管他有许多缺点 Except和but表示不包含的意义,只是单纯地将其后面所接的人或事物排除在外,一般不用于句首,多跟在表示一个集体的名词或代词后作定语。 He gets up early every day except Sunday. Who would do such a thing but Peter? Except for和apart from表示不包含的意义,所引导的短语,主要用于状语,以修饰全句,意为“除了有……之外”,“只是……”等,用于引出一个相反的细节或原因,因而部分 地修正了全句的主要意思。 Except for Jack, the whole class passed the test. Apart from its cost, the plan was a good one. Except for和but for表示不包含的意义,可以引导有否定意义的条件状语从句。 Except for / But for the storm we should have arrived earlier. except 指从整体中除去一部分,而besides则表示“除……之外还有……”的意义。 Nobody was late except me. He had few friends besides us. 表示超过或不足的介词有:above, beyond, over, past; below, beneath, under等,如: beyond description 难以形容 below / under the average 低于平均水平 表示状态的介词有:at, off, in, under, out of等,如: on fire 着火 off duty 下班 out of fashion 过时 表示支持的with, for和表示反对的against. I‘m with you in all you say. Are you for or against the plan? |