【英语学习】英语中的常见错误2
1. He is a man who… 是个很常见的啰嗦表达。来看以下两个例句:
例句1:
错误:He’s a man who is very ambitious.
正确:He is very ambitious. 他很有抱负。
例句2:
错误:Vermont is a state that attracts visitors because of its winter sports.
正确:Vermont attracts visitors because of its winter sports. 佛蒙特州因为它的冬季体育运动而吸引了很多游客。
2. However ①当However表示为“然而,但是”的时候,请不要把它用在句首,而用在句中效果会更好。
例句:
不当:
The roads were almost impassable. However, we at last succeeded in reaching camp.
正确:The roads were almost impassable. At last,
however, we succeeded in reaching camp.
道路几乎都无法通行了。但最后,我们还是顺利地到达了营地。
② 当However出现在句首时候,它表示“无论何种方式”或者“无论任何程度”。
例句:
However discouraging the prospect, they never lost heart. 不管前景如何令人扫兴,我们都不会失去信心。
3. Imply V.S. Infer 这两个不能互换! Imply是指一些特点或者事情虽然没有“直接说出来”,但是“已经有要发生的信号”,而infer则是指从手边已有的迹象进行“推导”。
Something
implied is something suggested or indicated, though not expressed. Something
inferred is something deduced from evidence at hand.
例句:
Farming implies early rising. 农作意味着你要早起。
Since she was a farmer, we inferred that she got up early. 因为她是一个农民,我们因此推断她应该很早就起床了。
4.In/With regard to 较为常见的错误是将in/with regard to写成了in regards to!但是,如果说as regards,也是正确的。
例句:
What shall we do in regard to planning dinner? 关于准备宴会,我们该怎么做呀?
As regards to the low-carbon economy, we have come up with a new solution. 就低碳经济来说,我们已经提出了一个新的解决方案。
5. Inside of V.S. Inside 如果要用Inside of的话,这时候是要表示“比…少”的意思(in less than)。而其他 时候,则不能用“of”。
例句:
Inside of five minutes I'll be inside the bank. 在5分钟之内,我将会在银行里。
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