1. The artist is very famous at home and in abroad.(×)
The artist is very famous at home and abroad.(√)
abroad是副詞,其前不可置介詞,但from abroad例外,如:My dad is fresh from abroad.(我爸爸剛從國外回來。)
2. Keep in touch when you go abroad.(×)
Keep in touch when you are abroad.(√)
go abroad是指(措機)“出國”的動作,此時保持聯(lián)絡(luò)不合情理。be abroad指人“在國外”時的狀態(tài),此時保持聯(lián)絡(luò)才合情合理。
3. There are two absent students today.(×)
There are two students absent today.(√)
absent表“缺席的/不在的”時,一般不直接修飾名詞,大多接在be動詞之后。two students absent即two students who are absent的省略形式。不過在英式用法中,absent可直接修飾少數(shù)的幾個名詞,如:He is an absent father.(他是一個經(jīng)常不在家的父親。—即他是一個不稱職的父親。)這句話的美式說法是:He is an absentee father。
4. John becomes abused when he gets drunk. (×)
John becomes abusive when he gets drunk.(√)
abused指“被虐待的”,如:an abused child就是指“一個受虐的小孩”。abusive是“謾罵的”或“虐待人的”,如:an abusive parent就是指“虐待兒女的父親或母親”。
5. Mayumi speaks English with strong Japanese accent.(×)
Mayumi speaks English with a strong Japanese accent. (√)
accent是可數(shù)名詞,其前須置a或an。
6. I cannot accept such a person. (×)
I cannot stand such a person. (√)
accept只能用于“接受”事物,即建議、忠告或邀請,如:I accepted her proposal then and there.(我當(dāng)場接受了她的提議。)stand表“忍受”,可用人或事物作賓語。
7. Besides the Net, students should have an access to a good library. (×)
Besides the Net, students should have access to a good library. (√)
have / get / gain access to sth是指“某人有機會或有權(quán)利進(jìn)入/利用某物”,其中access是不可數(shù)名詞,其前不可加an。
8. In fact, the birth of our third child was by accident. (×)
In fact, the birth of our third child was an accident. (√)
by accident 表“意外地州禺然地”,是副詞詞組,只能修飾一般動詞,不能作be動詞的表語,如:I found out the secret by accident.(我偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)了這個秘密。)表沒有料想到的“意外”時,應(yīng)該說sth is / was an accident。
9. She cut her finger carelessly. (×)
She cut her finger by accident.(√)
carelessly表“粗心大意地”,如:He often drives carelessly.(他開車經(jīng)常粗心大意。
10. It is not an accident that Nick has three divorces.(×)
It is no accident that Nick has three divorces.(√)
It is no accident that..意為“某事的發(fā)生決非偶然”,為固定用法,不可將no拆成not an。