内部讲义:常考词的语法与用法(10)
◆mention v.
1. 表示“提到”、“提及”,是及物动词,其后接名词或代词作宾语时,无需用任何介词;另外注意不接双宾语。如:
不要在孩子们面前提及此事。
误:Don’t mention about it before the children.
正:Don’t mention it before the children.
他从未向我提及他有个女朋友。
误:He never mentioned me his girl friend.
正:He never mentioned his girl friend to me.
正:He never mentioned to me that he had a girl friend.
2. 若后接动词,要用动名词,不能用不定式。如:
我一提起踢足球,他就说太忙。
误:Whenever I mention to play footall, he says he’s too busy.
正:Whenever I mention playing footall, he says he’s too busy.
3. 口语中说 Don’t mention it. 主要用来回答感谢,有时也用来回答道歉。如:
A:Thank you very much. 多谢你了。
B:Don’t mention it. 不客气。
A:I’m sorry to have troubled you. 对不起打扰你了。
B:Don’t mention it. 没关系。
4. 用于 not to mention, 意为“更不用说”、“还不算”。如:
He can speak French, German and Japanese, not to mentionEnglish. 他会说法语,德语和日语,更不用说英语。
Ther’re ten of us ready to help, not to mention [withoutmentioning] the children. 我们有10个人愿意帮忙,还不算小孩。
◆mercy n.
1. 表示泛指意义的“怜悯”、“仁慈”、“宽容”等,通常为不可数名词;表示具体的幸运的事值得感激的事(通常译为“幸亏”、“幸运”等),是可数名词。如:
We were given little (no) mercy. 我们没得到宽恕。
It’s a mercy (that) she wasn’t hurt in the accident. 她在事故中没受伤,真是幸运。
2. 注意以下各句所搭配的介词:
Have mercy on us! 可怜可怜我们吧(饶了我们吧)!
He has little (some, no) mercy on the poor. 他对穷人几乎没有(有些,没有)同情心。
He showed no mercy to [on] his enemies. 他对仇敌毫不心慈手软。
◆method n.
1. 表示方式或方法,通常是可数名词;表示条理或秩序,通常是不可数名词。如:
We should use different methods to solve differentproblems. 我们应该用不同的方法解决不同的问题。
His idea is all right, but he lacks method. 他的思想不错,但缺乏条理。
2. 表示做某事的方法,其后通常接 of doing sth。如:
Do you know any new method of teaching a language? 你知道教语言有什么新方法吗?
He tried to change the normal methods of work. 他设法要改变通常的工作方法。
注:有时也可后接不定式,但不如接 of doing sth 常见。另外有时也可后接 for doing sth, 也不如用 of doing sth 常见。
3. 表示用某种方法,通常用介词 by。如:
The examination is conducted by the oral method. 考试以口试方式进行。
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