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9. The sight of it awoke the scientist in my uncle to go and see it from closer at hand. 目睹到这情景，身为科学家的我叔叔决定到近处观察。(p.76 Reading 第二段第5行) 1) 介词in在此表示同一性，意为“在……(身)上”。如：① And you will have another supporter in me. 你还有另一个支持者，那就是我。② In her I see a future leader. 我看出她是一位未来的领袖人物。③ You will always have a friend in me. 我将永远是你的一位好朋友。④ She didn't have it in her to cheat. 她不会做骗人的事情。 2) at hand此处意为“在近处”，为固定搭配。如：① For- tunately there was someone at hand, so we asked him to deliver the message at once. 幸好附近有人，因此我们就请他立即把信送去。② They live close at hand. 他们住在附近。 【拓展】at hand还可作“即将来到，在手边”讲。如：① I always keep a dictionary (ready) at hand. 我总是把词典放在手边。② I haven't my book at hand, but I'll show it to you later．我的书不在手头，以后再给你看吧。③ The autumn harvest is at hand. 秋收即将到来。④ Victory is near at hand, but we still have to keep on fighting. 胜利已经在望，但我们还是继续战斗。 【注意】at hand也常用下列形式：near／close at hand，next one's hand，ready at hand，ready to hand，to hands；在美国英语中，也说on hand。 【链接】与hand构成的介词短语：at the hand(s)of sb. 出自某人之手；at first hand 直接地，亲自的；by hand 用手(做)的；靠工人；from hand to hand 从一人(之手)转到他人(之手)；from hand to mouth 仅够糊口地；hand in glove 非常亲密的；同伙地；hand in hand 携手，共同地 hand to hand 短兵相接地；on (the) one hand 一方面；on the other hand 另一方面；out of hand 立刻，马上；to hand 在手边，在手中；under one's hand 由某人签名的；with one's own hands 由某人亲自 10. He hurried to a place from which others were fleeing, and held his course directly into danger. 他急忙赶到一个别人从此逃走的地方，直奔危险地带。(p.76 Reading 第三段 第4行) flee 用作不及物动词，意为“(尤指因害怕)逃走(掉)；消失(散)”；也可用作及物动词，意为“逃离；逃避”。其过去式、过去分词为fled，fled。如：① The spectators fled in panic when the bull got loose. 那头公牛挣开了束缚，吓得观众急忙四散逃走。② The family fled (from) the burning house. 那家人从燃烧的房子中逃了出来。③ The enemy soldiers fled in all directions. 敌兵四下溃逃。④ Mists flee before the rising sun. 日出雾散。⑤ His hope fled when he was refused the admittance to the company. 当他被拒绝进入这家公司时，他希望破灭了。⑥ We were forced to flee the country. 我们被迫逃往国外。 【注意】在现代英语中，flee的现在时及现在分词形式通常用fly的相应形式fly和flying来替代。 【拓展】一句多译：他从那个国家逃跑了。 ① He fled from that country. ② He flew (from) that country. ③ He escaped from that country. ④ He ran away from that country. 【辨析】flee; escape; fly; run away flee 强调逃跑的行为本身，常含有“惧怕”的意味，可用作vt. & vi.。escape 强调逃跑的结果，即“跑掉”，只用作vi.。fly 强调逃跑的仓促性，通常带有紧急的意味，可用作vt. & vi.。run away 多用于口语，含有“不辞而别”的意味，只用作 vi.。① He escaped from / out of the burning house. 他从燃烧着的房子里逃了出来。② He came flying into the room. 他飞一样地奔进房间来。③ The boy ran away from home and went to sea. 那男孩离家出走，当上了海员。 (责任编辑：admin) |