| 词组 | ask |
| 释义 | ask You say that someone asks a question. He started asking Diana a lot of questions. Note that you do not say that someone 'says' a question. ◊ reporting questions You also use ask when you are reporting questions. After ask you usually use a noun group and an 'if'-clause or 'wh'-clause. When you report a question to which the answer is 'yes' or 'no', you usually use ask with an 'if'-clause. She asked him if his parents spoke French. Someone asked me if the work was going well. You can also use a clause beginning with 'whether'. I asked Professor Bailey whether he agreed. When you report a question to which the answer is not 'yes' or 'no', you usually use ask with a 'wh'-clause. I asked him what he wanted. He asked me where I was going. ◊ WARNING In the 'wh'-clause, the subject and the verb do not change places. You do not say, for example, 'He asked me when was the train leaving'. You say 'He asked me when the train was leaving'. You can say that someone asks someone else their name or their age. He asked me my name. You can say that someone asks someone else the time. Whenever the butler came by, she asked him the time. You can also say that someone asks someone else's opinion about something. I was asked my opinion about the new car. You do not need to say who a question is addressed to if this is already clear from the context. A young man asked if we were students. She asked why he was so silent. I asked how they liked the film. ◊ WARNING You never use 'to' when mentioning who a question is addressed to. You do not say, for example, 'He asked to me my name'. ◊ direct reporting You can use ask when reporting directly what someone says. 'How many languages can you speak?' he asked. 'Have you met him?' I asked. ◊ reporting requests You also use ask when you are reporting requests. When someone says that they want to be given something, you report this using ask and 'for'. For example, if a man says 'Can I have a bunch of roses?', you report this as 'He asked for a bunch of roses'. Carl asked for Bavarian cream. An Italian came in and asked for a loaf of white bread. When someone says that they want to speak to another person, for example on the telephone, you say that they ask for that person. He rang the office and asked for Cynthia. He lifted the telephone and asked for the Prime Minister's private office. When someone tells another person that they want them to do something, you report this using ask and either a 'to'-infinitive clause or an 'if'-clause. He asked her to marry him. He was asked to leave. Five or six years ago her sister asked me if I would paint her. I asked him if he would mind not smoking. |
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