■ ask这个动词(瞬时动态,第四类动词)有两个基本释义,除了人所共知的“问”,还有“请求”。要善于辨别。 1) 如果是征求“意见”、“咨询”、要求“允许”、“帮忙”,这些对象可以作为直接宾语,不要 for。 - May I ask a favor?我能请您帮一下吗?
- Nobody asked your opinion.没有人向你征求过意见。
- I should have asked permission to leave.我本来应该要求允许我走。
- All I ask is to be left alone.我唯一的要求,就是别打扰我。
- What more can you ask?你还能要求什么呢?
- Is that asking too much?这样的要求难道过分了吗?
- How much is he asking for the car?他这辆车开价多少?
- He asked the professor's advice.他请教授给与指导。
ask 后面可以直接接上 advice,不要 for,但是如果用代词 it 代替 advice,就要有 for。 - When I want your advice, I'll ask for it (*ask it).我需要向你征求意见的时候,我会征求的。
2) 可以以对方为直接宾语,请求得到的东西用介词 for 引入。 - She asked them for forgiveness.她请求他们原谅。
3) 可以不要直接宾语,作为不及物动词,请求得到的东西(具体的和抽象的事物均可)用介词 for 引入。 - She asked for a drink of water.她要求给她喝点水。
- They asked for help with their project.他们要求人家帮助他们进行那个项目。
但是如果 for 后面是个具体的人,则 ask for 是打听该人的情况。 4) ask to inf. 是要求别人让自己去做某事。 - I asked to see the manager.我要求见经理。
- She asked to have the day off.她要求请那一天的假。
- He asked to be remembered to your mother.他请你(或他人)替他向你母亲问好。
5) ask somebody to inf. 是请求某人去做某事(是某人去做,不是自己去做)。 - I must ask you to leave.我必须请你离开。
- He'll do it for you if you ask him to.你如果请他给你做,他一定会做。
- You're asking me to believe that?你是不是要我相信这一套?
但是,如果特别标明,也可以是自己去做。 - But when Nick asked his mother to see the newspapers himself, she'd refuse.但是每当尼克求他妈妈让他自己看看报纸,她总是不让。
6) just ask...(直接宾语是人),意思是:作为例证,可以看看某人的所作所为或遭遇(“你看那…”,“君不见…”)。 - Writing a best seller is hard. But writing the next book is no picnic either. Just ask Patchett and Sebold. (Newsweek, Oct. 15, 2007, p.83)写出一本畅销书是很不容易的。不过再写一本也不是轻松愉快的事。帕切特和西博尔特两个人的例子就能说明问题。
7) ask that 后面从句用虚拟语气,表示“要求某事”。 - She asked that the money be (should be) given to charity.她要求把钱捐赠给慈善事业。
8) 从“请求”派生出“邀请”。 - They asked me to their wedding.他们请我参加他们的婚礼。
- We'll ask them to dinner.我们要请他们吃饭。
- Ask him along.就请他过来吧。
- We asked them over for tea.我们请了他们过来喝茶。
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