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介词省略规律

介词省略规律

英语中一些介词在使用过程中是可以省略的,但哪一些介词可省略呢?何时可以省略呢?现就一些常用介词省略情况作一归纳。

一、for

表示时间长度的for,在以动态动词为主动词的肯定句中,不位于句首时可以省略:

We waitedforthree hours in the pouring rain.我们在倾盆大雨中等了三小时。

If I might stayfor the nightthat would do me very well.如果我可以留下来过夜,那就太好了。

表示距离长度的for间或也可省略:

Afterward he could not believe he had carried my sisterforalmost a mile.事后他不能相信他抱着我妹妹走了将近一英里。

二、from

在表示阻止/制止某人做某事的“preventstop+宾语+fromdoing sth.”结构中的from可以省略。例如:

What prevented himfrom going?什么事阻止他去/使他不能去?

Can't you stop the childfromgetting into mischief?你就不能制止那孩子恶作剧吗?

注意:在同样结构中,如果使用keepdetelhinder等动词,其后的from不可省略。例如:

He had to put up a fence to keep his cattle from roaming onto his neighbour's farm.他只得筑起一道篱笆,使牛不致走到邻居的农场里去。

I'll punish you to deter you from stealing again.我要惩罚你,使你不再偷窃。

He tried to hinder me from going out.他试图阻止我出去。

三、in

在以下四种结构中的in可以省略:

1have diffcultytroubleetcindoing sth.例如:

We had no difficultyin getting the work done.我们毫无困难地把工作做好。

He had little botherin getting her to understand it.他没有费什么事就使她理解了。

2there is no usepoi nthurrysenseetcindoing sth。例如:

There's no usein asking hershe doesn't know anything.向她询问没有用处,她什么也不知道。

There's no pointinarguing with him.和他争论毫无必要。

There was no sensein looking for trouble.自找麻烦是没有意思的。

3spend+时间+indoing sth。例如:

She spends a lot of timeinwatching television.她花费许多时间看电视。

4.(表示某种方式/方法的)in+限定词+way。例如:

Do itinyour own way.按照你自己的方法去做吧。

The work must be finishedinone way or another.这工作必须设法做好。

Mary cooks turkeyin the way her mother did.玛丽用她母亲的方法烹调火鸡。

四、of

在以下两种结构中的of可以省略。例如:

1of+限定词+agesize/heightweightuseetc

They have a daughterofmy age.他们有一个和我同岁的女儿。

We haven't anythingof your size.你这种尺码我们没有。

It'sofno use talking.说也没用。

2outsideof

outside ofoutside(在/除……外)同义,of可以省略。例如:

To live in flats and tenements is unusual outsideofLondon

在伦敦范围之外,住公寓和几家合住的住宅是罕见的。

Outsideofthe climatethe place has no advantages.除了气候,这地方没有优点。

五、on

on用于表示特定的日子时可以省略。例如:

They arrivedon Wednesday afternoon.他们在星期三下午到达。

Peter was bornonSept 121947.彼得生于1947912日。

六、to

near tonear同义,表示“接近/靠近”,near尚可有比较级和最高级形式,to可以省略:

Come and sit neartome.来靠近我坐。

I can hardly see the blackboardso I have to sit nearertothe front.我几乎看不清黑板,因此我必须坐得更靠近一些。

John opened the drawer nearesttohis hand.约翰打开最靠近他手的那个抽屉。