| 词组 | two part verbs phrasal verbs |
| 释义 | Contents overview two-part verbs : phrasal verbsphrasal verbsphrasal verbs 121134112 two-part verbs: phrasal verbs1verb + adverb particle: get back, walk outMany English verbs can be followed by small adverbs ('adverb particles'). These two-part verbs are often called 'phrasal verbs'.Get back!She walked out.I switched the light off.Common adverb particles: about, across, ahead, along, (a)round, aside, away, back, by, down, forward, in, home, off, on, out, over, past, through, up.Some of these words can also be used as prepositions. Compare:I switched the light off. (adverb particle)I jumped off the wall. (preposition)For a detailed comparison, 195.2idiomatic meanings: break out; turn upThe meaning of a phrasal verb is often very different from the meanings of the two parts taken separately.War broke out in 1939. (Broke out is not the same as broke + out.)Joe turned up last night. (= 'appeared' – not the same as turned + up.)I looked the word up in the dictionary. (Look up is not the same as look + up.)We put off the meeting till Tuesday. (Put off is not the same as put + off.)3phrasal verbs with and without objectsSome phrasal verbs are intransitive (they do not have objects).I got up at 7.00 today.That colour really stands out.Others are transitive.Could you switch the light off?I helped Anna to clean up the room.4word order with objectsAdverb particles can go either before or after noun objects (unlike most adverbs). 196.1She switched off the light. or She switched the light off.But they can only go after pronoun objects.She switched it off. (not She switched off it.)Is that the light which you switched off? (not … the light off which you switched?)Give me back my watch. or Give me my watch back. (not Give back me my watch.)For details of particular phrasal verbs, see a good dictionary.Previous Next |
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