大學聯考英語語法課堂 幾個常見介詞的用法

into作介詞的用法:

①.進入, 到裡面

a. Come into town with me and hear a concert.

b. A look of joy came into his eyes.

c. He wouldn’t allow her into the house.

d. I looked out of the window into the street.

②.(時間)持續到, 進行到

a. They discussed their plan all day and far into the night.

b. The war lasted into this century.

③.(表示狀態的改變)成為

a. When it is boiled, water changes into steam.

b. Can you translate the letter into English for me ?

④.進入(某種狀態)

a. All the children burst into laughter.

b. She burst into tears when she heard the news.

c. I must put the theory into practice.

⑤.分為(若干塊, 份等)

a. The dish broke into many pieces.

b. The cake is divided into three parts.

⑥ into瞭解, 調查; run into遇到; 撞上;

like作介詞的用法:

①.表示 像

a. The sky was like ink over my head.

b. Bobby and I are like brothers.

c. You are just like what I expected.

d. The pen doesn’t look like mine.

e. We got on together like old friends.

f. She has been working like a horse for so many years.

g. We do not want any winters like the last one.

②.片語和固定搭配: feel like想要

二十五作介詞的用法: 表示 接近, 靠近

a. Don’t stand so near the train.

b. We are a little nearer the end of our journey.

c. Come and sit near me.

d. His opinion is very near my own.

e. Your answer is very near the right one.

f. Are you near the end of the book ?

of作介詞的用法:

①.表示所有關係, 即 …的

a. I am an old friend of his father.

b. This is a custom of the country.

c. Do you know anything of this new novel of Carlson’s.

②.表示人或物的特徵:

a. They were both of middle height.

b. The manager is of the same opinion.

c. The work I am doing is of much value.

d. It is of no use to talk to him about it.

e. He was a person of wide social relationships.

f. He looked to be a young man of twenty.

g. I am used to dealing with matters of this sort.

h. Do you think a play of this length is too long for a magazine ?

③.和某些動詞連用, 意思接近about

a. They began to talk of Paris.

b. He told his parents of what he had been doing.

c. Please inform Mary of the decision.

④.和某些形容詞連用, 表示 對於, 因為

a. What are you afraid of ?

b. He was tired of doing things of this kind.

c. We are proud of our motherland.

d. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.

⑤.表示數量或種類

a. I am going to buy a packet of cigarettes.

b. They drank a pot of China tea.

c. There are millions of flowers in the park.

⑥.和一名詞連用, 表示同位關係

a. The city of Shanghai lies at the mouth of the Yangtze River.

b. He was at the town of Holborn.

⑦.和某些動詞連用, 表示 使失掉, 擺脫掉這類意思

a. I was robbed of my watch on the way home.

b. He could not break himself of the bad habit.

c. No medicine can cure him of the disease.

⑧.片語和固定搭配: be made of由…製成; die of死於; of one’s own will自願地, 主動地; think much of認為好, 評價高

off作介詞的用法:

①.從…上下來, 脫離…(相當於down from或away from)

a. The picture fell off the wall.

b. The man jumped off the horse.

c. She was knocked off the bike in the street.

②.不在…上面

a. Green peas is now off the menu.

b. The ship was blown off its course.

c. What he said was off the subject.

③.在離…不遠處

a. They lived in a little house off Harbor Street.

b. There is a petrol station just off the main road.

④.片語和固定搭配: off balance失去平衡; off duty不上班, 下班

on作介詞的用法:

①.在…上

a. Let us sit on the grass.

b. The boat was floating on the water.

c. Her apartment is on the 14th floor.

d. A policeman on the street corner saw him and followed him.

e. He couldn’t keep his mind on his work.

②.在(一段時間)

a. She would come on Tuesday.

b. I plan to leave London on the evening of the 19th.

c. A party was held on New Year’s Eve.

d. On this occasion he said nothing.

③.在…時, 在…之後(此動作一發生, 另一動作立即發生, 相當於as soon as)

a. I shall write to him on hearing from him.

b. On his stepping out of the taxi he was seized by two men.

c. The boys stood up on the entrance of the teacher.

d. On his return he set to work in earnest.

④.表示在做某事或去做某事

a. He had come on a visit to England.

b. The manager is now on holiday.

c. I had to see a man in the city on business.

d. They are passing through London on their honeymoon.

⑤.說明狀態, 處境等

a. She was on night duty in the hospital.

b. The workers are on strike.

c. Now I am on a rather difficult piece of work.

d. The show is on the air at six o’clock.

⑥.關於..., 對…, 就…

a. I want to speak to you on a very serious subject.

b. The editor asked me to write on unemployment.

c. Have you read the book on the birds of the world ?

d. He will give a speech on modern jazz.

⑦.靠…(生活等), 用…(喂等)

a. They lived mostly on vegetables from their garden.

b. He finds it difficult to live on his salary.

c. He went around the world on the money his aunt gave him.

⑧.對於…

a. Don’t be hard on the child.

b. His father had a great influence on his career.

⑨.片語和固定搭配: on one’s own獨立地; on the left / right在左邊/右邊; on time準時