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词组 busy in doing/busy with doing
释义
busy in doing/busy with doing     

【问】 《英语正误辨析词典》(上海外语教育出版社,1995年版,P.56)提出:

“busy后如接‘介词+动名词’,这个介词应该是in而不是with”。

但是,《最常见的错误》(中国对外翻译公司、香港教育图书公司,1996年版,P.6)却指出busy in doing sth.也是错误的:

“[误]My brother has been busy in preparing for his final examination.

[正]My brother has been busy preparing for his final examination.

弟弟一直忙于温习,准备应付期末考试。

[分析]busy这个形容词的结构基本上有以下两个:

a. busy+ing form b. busy+with+noun.

要切记的是,若用‘ing form’便无须用任何介词,如跟名词,则要用with。”

这两种说法简直使我无所适从。

【答】 根据英语惯用法,busy doing sth.,busy with doing sth. 和busy in doing sth. 都是正确的。请看下面的实例:

1. Two of them were busy making artificial flowers. (Davies)

他们之中有两个人忙着制造假花。

2. We are busy(in) preparing for the examination. (《英语惯用法大词典》)我们正忙着准备考试。

3. I'm busy(with) getting the house redecorated. (CGEL)

我正忙着重新装饰房屋。


赵振才 编著.英语常见问题解答大词典.哈尔滨:黑龙江人民出版社.1998.第210页.
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