典型錯(cuò)誤※ He sold his farm;he had enough money for his journey thus.副詞thus意為“因此”,詞義與therefore相近,通常不用在句尾,而是用在分句句首。例如:He sold his farm; thus he had enough money for his journey.他賣掉了農(nóng)場(chǎng),這樣他就有足夠的錢旅行了。...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    典型錯(cuò)誤※ She is always in deep thought.※ Do you know the deep of the lake?※ He likes watching T. V. deep in the night.※ She stood there laughing,her hands deeply in her pockets.1.漢語(yǔ)的“陷入沉思”,英語(yǔ)是be deep in thought,不可受漢語(yǔ)影響說(shuō)成※be in deep thought。例如...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    典型錯(cuò)誤※ People entitle an ambassador as“Your Excellency”.※An ambassador is entitled as “Your Excellency”.entitle不可與as連用。下面兩句都可以說(shuō):People entitle an ambassador “Your Excellency”.An ambassador is entitled “Your Excellency”.這兩句都意為:“大使尊...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    典型錯(cuò)誤※ Its great for you to tell me the truth.※She is great in tennis.1.說(shuō)“你……真是太好了”用Its great of you to do sth.,其中的of不能用for替換。例如:Its great of you to tell me the truth.你告訴我真相真是太好了。2.通常說(shuō)be great at sth.或be great on...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    典型錯(cuò)誤※ The woman teacher is severe to her students.表示“嚴(yán)格地對(duì)待某人”,常用be severe with sb.,而用be severe against sb.來(lái)表示“對(duì)人嚴(yán)厲”。例如:The woman teacher is severe with her students.那位女老師對(duì)學(xué)生很嚴(yán)格。We must not be too severe against hi...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    典型錯(cuò)誤※ She feels pride in her sons success.表示“對(duì)……感到自豪”,用take [have](a)pride in...。feel是連系動(dòng)詞,其后須接形容詞作表語(yǔ),即:用feel proud of...表達(dá)相同意義。例如:She takes [has] (a) pride in her sons success.She feels proud of her sons success.這...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    典型錯(cuò)誤※ Charley Chaplin was uncertain of making films with dialogue.※ She is uncertain to many him.※ It is uncertain that she will marry him (or not).1. uncertain后面習(xí)慣與介詞about搭配,表示對(duì)做某事沒有把握。例如:Charley Chaplin was uncertain about making films with ...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    典型錯(cuò)誤※They have instituted a splendid system for primary education.※ He works by the system.1. system有“體系”、“制度”、“方法”等多種意思,一般只用of介詞短語(yǔ)作其后置定語(yǔ)。例如:We have a large system of railways.我們有一個(gè)龐大的鐵路系統(tǒng)。...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    典型錯(cuò)誤The washing machine is a white elephant,because there is no water here.※這臺(tái)洗衣機(jī)是頭白象,因?yàn)檫@里沒有水。white elephant指“好看而無(wú)用的東西”,因此錯(cuò)句應(yīng)改譯為:這臺(tái)洗衣機(jī)毫無(wú)用途,因?yàn)檫@里沒有水。...[繼續(xù)閱讀]

    典型錯(cuò)誤※ They say that the machines can play DVD and VCD.DVD是digital video disk的縮寫,作DVD視盤講時(shí)是可數(shù)名詞,有單復(fù)數(shù)變化。例如:They say that the machines can play both DVDs and VCDs.他們說(shuō)這些機(jī)器可以放DVD和VCD視盤。...[繼續(xù)閱讀]