3.on+名词构成的词组:on表示处于某种状况或在某个方位:on board乘(车,飞机), on call听候召唤, on duty值班, on earth到底, on fire失火, on foot步行,on guard在岗,on hire雇用,on holiday度假,on leave休假,on ones knees跪下, on ones way在的路上,on purpose故意, on sale待售,on shore在岸上, on time按时, on the move行动, on the other hand其次, on the spot当场, on the tip of ones tongue快要说出口, on TOP of在的顶部,on watch值班。
9、TO
1.动词+to
a)动词+ to。介词to意为达到,指向等:adjust to适应, attend to处置;照料, agree to同意, amount to加起来达,belong to是, come to达到, drink to为干杯,get to到达, happen to发生在某人身上, hold to紧握, lead to通向, listen to听, occur to想起, object to反对, point to指向, respond to回答, refer to参考;指的是;涉及, reply to回答, see to负责, stick to坚持, turn to求助, write to给某人写信。比如:
She must learn to adjust herself to English life. 她需要掌握适应英国的生活。
Business has to be attended to. 有事要办。
An idea occurred to me. 我想出一个方法。
b)动词+to+sb.。下列动词不可以直接带间接宾语sb.,要接间接宾语时须在动词后加介词to:announce to公告某人, describe to向某人描述, explain to向某人讲解, express to对某人表达, mention to提及, nod to向某人点头, report to报告, say to告知, shout to对某人大叫, suggest to对某人提建议, speak to与某人交谈, talk to跟某人谈话, whisper to和某人低声耳语。比如:
She suggested to me one or two suitable people for the committee. 她跟我向委员会推举了一两个适合的人选。
c)动词+sth./sb.+ to +sth./sb.。此时介词to可译成到,于,给等意思:add to 增加, compare to比作, carry to运送至, devote to致力于, introduce to介绍给, invite to邀请参加, join to连接到, leave to委托给, reduce to降低至, sentence to判处, take to带到。比如:
Please add a piece of candy to coffee. 请给咖啡加块糖。
Poets like to compare life to stage. 诗人喜欢把生活比作舞台。
2. be +形容词/过去分词+ to。to的意思是对:be alive to觉察;知道, be attentive1 to注意;留神, be awake to知道, be blind to缺少眼光, be close to紧挨着, be common to对某人来讲非常普通, be contrary to违反;反对, be devoted2 to致力, be deaf to不想听, be equal to有些力量, be exposed to暴露;遭受, be fair to对公平, be familiar to对某人来讲熟知, be grateful to对某人心存感激, be good to对有好处, be harmful to对有风险, be important to 对要紧, be kind to友好对待, be known to周知于, be married to嫁给, be moved to转移到, be near to挨近, be necessary to对有必要, be opposite to在对面, be opposed to反对, be pleasant to合某人之意, be proper to专用, be polite to礼貌待人, be rude to暴力对待, be relative to与有关, be strange to不习惯, be similar to类似, be suitable to合适, be true to忠实, be thankful to感激, be useful to对有用, be used to习惯。比如:
Are you alive to what is going on? 你注意到发生啥事了吗?
The old man was not equal to the situation. 那老人不可以应对这样的情况。
His house is opposite to mine. 他的房屋在我的房屋对面。
3.to+名词构成的词组有:to a degree在某种程度上, to date到目前为止, to ones feet跳起来,to ones mind照看来, to ones surprise使吃惊, to ones taste符合胃口, to oneself一个人享用, to order订做, to the letter不折不扣地, to the point中肯地。
10、WITH
1.动词+ with
a)动词+ with。with接对象或目的,意思为与,从:agree with赞同;适应, begin with从开始, continue with继续, do with应对, deal with应对, fight with与作战, fool with愚弄, hurry with忙于, mix with与混合在一块, meet with偶遇, play with把玩, quarrel with与某人争吵, reason with与某人评理, settle with与人协商。比如:
Lets begin our class with an English song. 大家以一首英语歌开讲。
I meant to reason with you, but you wont reason. 我本要与你理论理论,但你不想。
b)动词+ sth./sb. + with + sth./sb.。介词with意为以,用:compare with 与比较, combine with与混合, equip with以装备, feed with用喂养, furnish3 with用装饰, provide with提供, replace with以替代, supply with供给。比如:
Education must be combined with productive4 labour.教育应与生产力相结合。
They replaced slave labour with machines. 他们用机器代替奴工。
2. be +形容词/过去分词+ with。介词with表示情绪是什么原因、凭着等意思:be angry with恼怒, be annoyed with使烦恼, be busy with忙于, be bored with使烦心, be burdened with担负, be crowded with拥挤着, be connected with与联系, be covered with覆盖着, be concerned with关心, be content with对认可, be disappointed with失望于, be delighted with对感到开心, be engaged with忙碌于, be exhausted5 with因为而极度疲倦, be filled with充满, be familiar with熟知, be friendly with对友好, be occupied with忙碌, be overcome with极为, be popular with受青睐, be patient with对有耐心, be pleased with 对开心, be satisfied with认可于, be strict with对严格, be wrong with有问题, be wild with因而欣喜。比如:
He was much annoyed with his sons behavior. 他对儿子的行为相当恼火。
Im fully6 occupied with my daily work. 我忙碌于平时事务。
When he caught sight of her, he was overcome with despair7. 看到她,他很失望。
3.动词+副词/介词短语+with构成的词组: catch up with赶上, do away with废除,fall in love with爱上, get together with与联欢,keep in touch with维持联系,keep up with赶上。
综上所述,常用介词搭配在英语中极其丰富,意义复杂多变。学会这类搭配,对夯实基础、提升英语阅读水平和理解能力是大有裨益的。