以a-开头的形容词用法新探·astir
以a-开头的形容词用法新探·astir
一、astir的用法
1.【文】起床的 (awake and out of bed)
作表语。例如:
He's never astir before 10 o'clock.他从不在10点钟以前起床。
2. 激动地;轰动的;骚动的( excited about sth or in an excited state)
(1) 作表语。例如:
The whole village was astir as the visitors arrived. 客人来到时,全村为之轰动。
The whole town was astir with the news. 消息传来,全城轰动。
(2) 作宾语补足语。例如:
News of the Queen's visit set the whole town astir. 女王到访的消息轰动全城。
(3) 作后置定语。例如:
The night was quiet, and there was no sound of anything astir. 夜很静,一点响动也没有。
二、astir的搭配
astir with / at。例如:
The whole town was astir with / at the news. 消息传来,全城轰动。
【注】astir不可以用very修饰。杨发河着《英语形容词句型指南》(江西高校出版社1992年12月第1版)p28上说:astir可以用very much/much修饰,而实际上,在BUY-BNC BRTISH NATIONAL CORPUS (UK,1980s-1993) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University ) http://corpus.byu.edu/bnc/和BUY CORPUS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH (1990-2009) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University) http://www.americancorpus.org/ 上无有一例包含very much/much astir的例证,由此看来,英美人是不用very much / much 来修饰 astir 的(www.hxen.net)。