介词在英语句型构成中有着极其重要的作用,今天帮帮就为大家介绍一下to和for这两个常用介词的用法。
►介词to的用法
1.动词+to
a)动词+ to。介词to意为达到,指向”等:
adjust to适应, attend to处理;照料,
agree to赞同, amount to加起来达…,belong to属于, 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。
例如:
She must learn to adjust herself to English life. 她必须学会适应英国的生活。
Business has to be attended to. 有事要办。
An idea occurred to me. 我想出一个办法。
b)动词(+sth.)+to+sb.。下列动词不能直接带间接宾语sb.,要接间接宾语时须在动词后加介词to:
announce to通知某人, describe to向某人描述, explain to向某人解释,
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。
例如:
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合适的人选。
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下降至, sentence to判处, take to带到。
例如:
Please add a piece of candy to coffee. 请给咖啡加块糖。
Poets like to compare life to stage. 诗人喜欢把人生比作舞台。
2. be +形容词/过去分词+ to
to的意思是对…”
be alive to觉察;晓得, be attentive to注意;留心, be awake to知晓,
be blind to缺乏眼光,be close to紧挨着, be common to对某人来说很普通,
be contrary to违反;反对, be devoted to致力, be deaf to不愿意听,
be equal to有…的力量,
be exposed to暴露;遭受, be fair to对…公平, be familiar to对某人来说熟悉,
be grateful to对某人心存感激, be good to对…有好处, be harmful to对…有危害,
be important to对…重要, 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靠近,
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专属, be polite to礼貌待人,
be rude to粗暴对待, be relative to与…有关, be strange to不习惯,
be similar to类似, be suitable to适合, be true to忠实,
be thankful to感激, be useful to对…有用, be used to习惯。
例如:
Are you alive to what is going on? 你注意到发生什么事了吗?
The old man was not equal to the situation. 那老人不能应付这种情况。
His house is opposite to mine. 他的房子在我的房子对面。
3.to+名词
构成的词组有
to a degree在某种程度上, to date到现在为止,
to one’s feet跳起来,to one’s mind照…看来, to one’s surprise使…吃惊,
to one’s taste符合胃口, to oneself独自享用, to order定做,
to the letter不折不扣地, to the point中肯地。
►介词for的用法
1. 表示当作、作为”
I like some bread and milk for breakfast. 我喜欢把面包和牛奶作为早餐。
What will we have for supper? 我们晚餐吃什么?
2. 表示理由或原因,意为因为、由于”
Thank you for helping me with my English. 谢谢你帮我学习英语。
Thank you for your last letter. 谢谢你上次的来信。
Thank you for teaching us so well. 感谢你如此尽心地教我们。
3. 表示动作的对象或接受者,意为给……”、对…… (而言)”
Let me pick it up for you. 让我为你捡起来。
Watching TV too much is bad for your health. 看电视太多有害于你的健康。
4. 表示时间、距离,意为计、达”
I usually do the running for an hour in the morning. 我早晨通常跑步一小时。
We will stay there for two days. 我们将在那里逗留两天。
5. 表示去向、目的,意为向、往、取、买”等
Let's go for a walk. 我们出去散步吧。
I came here for my schoolbag.我来这儿取书包。
I paid twenty yuan for the dictionary. 我花了20元买这本词典。
6. 表示所属关系或用途,意为为、适于……的”
It's time for school. 到上学的时间了。
Here is a letter for you. 这儿有你的一封信。
7. 表示支持、赞成”
Are you for this plan or against it? 你是支持还是反对这个计划?
8. 用于一些固定搭配中
Who are you waiting for? 你在等谁?
For example, Mr Green is a kind teacher. 比如,格林先生是一位心地善良的老师。
(实习小编:江小白)