| 词组 | how |
| 释义 | how ◊ ways of doing things You use how in questions and explanations when you are talking about the way something is done. How do you get rid of a nasty smell? Tell me how to get there. This is how I make a vegetable curry. ◊ WARNING You do not use how to mean 'in the way that'. For example, you do not say 'He walks to work every day, how his father did'. Instead you use like, as, or the way. See entry at ↑ ◊ asking about someone's health You use how with 'be' to ask about someone's health. How are you? How is she? All right? How is your son this morning? ◊ WARNING You do not use how to ask what kind of person someone is. For example, if you are asking someone for a description of their boss, you do not say 'How is your boss?' You say 'What is your boss like?' What's his mother like? ◊ asking about impressions You use how with 'be' to ask about someone's impressions of something. How was your trip? How was the smoked trout? ◊ WARNING You do not use how to ask for a description of a thing or place. For example, if you say 'How is Birmingham?', you are not asking someone what kind of place Birmingham is; you are asking them if they are enjoying living or working there. If you want them to give you a description of Birmingham, you say 'What is Birmingham like?' What is Fiji like? You do not say 'How do you think of Birmingham?' You say 'What do you think of Birmingham?' What do you think of the photo on the front of The Student? What did you think of Holland? ◊ commenting on a quality In the past, people used to use how in front of adjectives to remark about the extent to which someone or something had a quality. For example, they said things like 'How clever he is!' Note the word order here: they did not say 'How he is clever!' Sentences like these are not usually used in modern English. Instead of 'How clever he is!', people usually say 'He's so clever', 'Isn't he clever?', or 'What a clever man!' They're so childish. Aren't they amazing? What a beautiful girl! People often use how with an adjective and nothing else, when they are commenting on what someone has just said. 'She has a flat there as well.' ---'How nice!' 'To my surprise, I found her waiting for me at the station.' ---'How kind!' 'I never got as far as reading it.' ---'How extraordinary!' For other ways of commenting on what someone has just said, see entry at ↑ |
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