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以a-开头的形容词用法新探 agog

2009-10-22来源:和谐英语

以a-开头的形容词用法新探 . agog

 

一、agog 的用法

基本义:渴望的;急切的;兴奋的;激动的 (eager; excited)  

■作表语

agog to do sth. 渴望做某事。例如:

All London was agog to see the two “parents”of radium. 伦敦全城都渴望见到这两位镭的“父母”。

■作宾语补足语

That set the whole town agog with excitement. 那件事使全镇的居民兴奋不已。

The prospect of Christmas left the children agog. 对圣诞节的憧憬使得孩子们兴奋不已。

■作状语

She arrived, agog, to discover what had prevented him being there. 她一到,便急着要弄明白他为什么没有去那儿。

二、agog 的搭配

1. all [有时more] agog。例如:

The voters were all agog to see their new president. 选民们急不可耐,要看他们的新总统。

They were even more agog during the much publicized Banana Dance when she danced with only a curtain of bananas round her waist.在广为宣传香蕉的舞会上,当她腰部只围着一圈香蕉跳舞时,他们感到更加兴奋。

注:杨发河着《英语形容词句型活用指南》(江西高校出版社1992年12月第1版)p16:agog前不用very,如不说very agog,而说much[very much] agog。

然而,在BNC(http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk)和BUY-BNC BRTISH NATIONAL CORPUS (UK,1980s-1993) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University ) http://corpus.byu.edu/bnc/ 上共有25例包含 agog 的例句,竟无1例much[very much] agog;

在BYU: THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY(http://corpus.byu/oed/)上共有29例包含 agog 的例句,竟无1例much[very much] agog;

在TIME CORPUS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH (1923-2006) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University ) (http://corpus.byu.edu/time) 上共有111例包含 agog 的例句,竟无1例much[very much] agog;

在BUY CORPUS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH (1990-2008) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University) http://www.americancorpus.org/上共有84例包含 agog 的例句,竟无1例much[very much] agog。

由此看来,尽管语法专家根据语法理论认为much或very much可以修饰agog,但实际上,无论英国英语还是美国英语都不用much或very much修饰agog,而是通常用all 来修饰agog。

2. agog at sth.。例如:

He was all agog at the surprise announcement. 他听到那突如其来的宣布, 大为激动。

3. agog for sth.。例如:

The villagers were agog for the news. 村民们很兴奋地急于听那消息。

4. agog with sth.。例如:

The children were all agog with excitement at going to the seaside for summer holidays. 孩子们都兴奋地渴望看去海滨过暑假。

5. agog over sth.。例如:

She was all agog over her new granddaughter. 得知孙女刚刚出生,她激动万分。

6. agog about sth.。例如:

In Britain commentators and policy makers are agog about a new U.S. doctrine, unveiled by President George W. Bush in a commencement address at West Point. 在英国,时事评论员和政策制定者都对美国的新国际关系原则感到兴奋,那是美国总统乔治·W·布什在西点军校的毕业典礼讲话中披露的。