VOA慢速英语:New Alliance to Study Greenhouse Gases in Agriculture

suggest用法

动词suggest有如下一些用法:

　　一、有“建议”的意思。

　　She suggested/ advised/ proposed that the class meeting (should) not be held on Saturday.

　　她建议班会不要在星期六举行。

　　We suggested/ advised/ proposed that he (should) go and make an apology to his teacher.

　　我们建议他去向老师道歉。

二、有“提出”的意思。

　　如：He suggested a different plan to his boss. 他向老板提出了一个不同的计划。

　　Xiao Wang suggested a way to solve the problem. 小王提出了一个解决这个问题的办法。
　
三、有“暗示、表明”的意思，其主语往往是事物，而不是人。

　　1) 接名词或动名词做宾语。

　　The simple house suggested a modest income. 这座简朴的房子表明(房主的)收入并不高。

　　Her pale face suggested bad health. 她脸色苍白，看来身体不好。

　　The thought of summer suggests swimming. 一想到夏天，就使人们联想到游泳。

　　2) 接宾语从句，从句用陈述语气。如：

　　The decision suggested that he might bring his family. 这个决定表明他可以把家属带来。

　　The expression on his face suggested that he was very angry. 他脸上的表情表明他很生气。

四、在主语从句It is suggested that…及名词suggestion后面表示具体建议的表语从句、同位语从句都应用should+动词原形，should可以省略。如：

It was suggested that we (should) give a performance at the party.
人们建议我们在晚会上表演节目。

His suggestion was that the debts (should) be paid off first.
他的建议是先把债务还清。

　
2.The United States Department of Agriculture will increase spending on farm emissions research by ninety million dollars over the next four years.

increase by ninety million dollars表示增加的数量。而如果把by换成to，则表示增加到多少，是一个点。