作者:opple 时间:2022-12-05 阅读:()
We play either football or basketball in the afternoon.下午我们不是踢足球就是打篮球。(连接宾语)
6. or表示不确切、模糊的陈述。例如:
This story happened five or six years ago. 这个故事发生在四、五年前。
Is the street straight? More or less. 这棵树直吗?差不多。
She will find that she was wrong sooner or later.她迟早会发现她是错的
because与because of的用法比较
一、从词性上看
because 是连词,其后接句子;because of 是复合介词,其后接名词、代词、动名词、what 从句等。如:
I didn’t buy it because it was too expensive. 我没有买是因为它太贵了。
He is here because of you (that). 他为你(那事)而来这里。
He lost his job because of his age. 由于年龄关系他失去了工作。
We said nothing about it, because of his wife’s being there. 因为他妻子在那儿,我们对此只字未提。
He knew she was crying because of what he had said. 他知道她哭是因为他说的话。
注意:because of 之后可接 what 从句,但不能接 that 从句或没有引导词的句子。如:
他因病未来。
误:He didn’t come because of he was ill.
误:He didn’t come because of that he was ill.
正:He didn’t come because he was ill.
正:He didn’t come because of his illness.
比较以下同义句:
他离开了这家公司,是因为老板在会上讲的话。
正:He left the company because of what the boss said at the meeting.
正:He left the company because of the thing that the boss said at the meeting.
我不能因为有个家就停止斗争。
正:I can’t stop fighting because I have a family.
正:I can’t stop fighting because of having a family.
二、从用法上看
because 所引导的从句除用作原因状语外,还可用作表语。如:
It is because he loves you. 那是因为他爱你。
而复合介词 because of 所引导的介词短语通常用作状语而不用作表语。如:
他因雨缺席。
误:His absence was because of the rain.
正:His absence was due to the rain.
正:He was absent because of the rain.
但是有时若主语是代词(不是名词),也可以用 because of 引出的短语作表语。如:
It is just because of money. 那只是因为钱的原因。
That was because of his sickness. 那是因为他生病的原因。
elder,eldest与older,oldest的用法区别
区别一:old 通常的比较级和最高级分别是 older, oldest。可用于人或物,可用作表语或定语,可与 than 连用。如:
He is older than me. 他比我年纪大。
I'm two years older than he. 我比他大两岁。
The cathedral is the oldest building in the city. 这座教堂是城里最古老的建筑。
区别二:elder 与 eldest 主要用于家人之间表明长幼关系。通常只用于人而不用于物,只用作定语而不用作表语,也不与 than 连用。如:
This is my eldest son (daughter). 这是我的大儿子(女)。
His elder brother (sister) works in a clothing factory. 他哥哥(姐姐)在一家服装厂工作。
注:在美国英语中,也可用 older, oldest 表示长幼关系。如:
older brother 哥哥 oldest daughter 最大的女儿
elder 与 eldest 的区别是:前者指两者中年纪较大的, 而后者指三者或三者以上的年纪最大的。如:
one's elder son 指两个儿子中年纪较大的一个
one's eldest son 指三个或三个以上的儿子中年纪最大的一个
区别三:elder 和 eldest 作为形容词,通常只能用作定语,不用作表语;但若不是用作形容词(即其后不接名词)而是用作名词,则可以用作表语(此时通常有冠词或物主代词修饰)。如:
Jim is my eldest. 吉姆是我最大的孩子。
I'm the eldest in the family. 我是全家年纪最大的。
He was the elder of the two sons. 他是两个儿子中较大的。
He is my elder by two years. / He is two years older than I. 他比我大两岁。
OTHER和ANOTHER的区别
1.the other意思为“(两个中的)另一个”,other+名词复数.表示“另一些”。
I have two books. One is Chinese, the other is Japanese.
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