词组 | through |
释义 | 1. 注意下面两句的差别: The office is open Monday to Fri- day. 办事处星期一到星期五开门办公。( 星期五是否办公不清楚) The office is open Monday through Friday. 办事处星期一到星期五开门办公。( 星期五肯定办公,这主要是美国用法) 2. 电话接线员问下面同一句话,英美人的理解不一样: Are you through? 你和对方接通了吗? ( 英国人) Are you through? 你说完了吗? ( 美国人) 3. 注意,be through ( with ) 常表示 “完成( ……)”: By then,I'll be through too. ( 相当于 By then,I'll be done too. ) Let me know when you're through with the novel. 4. 不少动词与 through 连用,可表示一动作“彻底完成”,也可表示空间上的“穿过”: read through the instructions push the bill through the Congress run through the tunnel Water is trickling through the hole. race him through the hallway watch him climbing into the room through the window traveling through Asia Wind is whistling through the cracks in the wall. cutting through the forest flying through the enemy zone living through the Depression come through the miserable period put her through to the States cook the chicken through warm the rice through heat the broth through Problems extend through the en- tire system. send a chill of terror through him get through the test rush a bill through the parliament flick through her diary search through the document going through the issue A bullet went through his leg. Blood soaked through his pants. make his way through the heavy traffic sit through the boring lecture nurse me through my long illness drive through a red light gnaw through the meat make a way through the crowd pass through a barricade sweep through the whole country falling through the net marching through the streets lead us through the difficult time 5. 表示“直达”有不少词组: a through train a through traffic a through road a through ticket a through telephone a through dialing a through service a through plane a through bus a through ship a through email 6. “全部完成”可以说 all the way through; 但是如果动作没有“全部完成”,可以说: half-way through part-way through a little way through most way through one-half way through three-quarter way through one-third way through I am part way through my project. It's half way through semester. Do volcanoes go all the way through the earth? They had gone a little way through the thick forest. I've managed to get myself most way through the game. She is one-half to three-quarter way through the baking. We are already one-third way through the season. 7. throughway 或 thruway 表示“( 路面宽阔的) 高速公路”是美国用法, “高速公路”美国人也说 express- way 或 freeway,英国人常用 mo- torway 等: The Governor Thomas E. Dewey Thruway is the longest toll high- way system in the United States. The M1 is one of the longest mo- torways in Britain. |
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