在十大“恶魔”形容词中,比较常见的连系动词有两种,一个是 go,另一个是今日com的主人公 come;由于无法直接碰触物件(不及物),因此实际应用中需要用到介词作公路桥梁来桥接模式名词造成新的意思。
英语中,能接在 come 后边的介词有:to,under,through 等,在其中最常见的是介词 to,如比较常见的固定搭配有:come to a standstill,come to an end,come to light 等,这其中的 to 全是介词,比如:
Most industries came to a standstill after the outbreak of the COVID-19.
大部分工业生产在COVID-19发生后止步不前。
Who was behind the killing came to light.
哪位幕后凶手早已水落石出了。
The conflict between the two cultures has to come to an end.
这东西方文化的冲突务必完毕。
老调重弹,由于 come 是连系动词,所以它后边不会直接发生名词,如 come 名词 介词,因而始终是 come 介词 ( 名词)。
剩下来的如 up,down 或 on 什么的小品词与 come 组成固定搭配,其实就是短语动词,因而具有了别的多姿多彩的含意,这其中的 come on 的意味就达约十种,比你们想像的丰富多彩。
一、come on,意指“别说了,停”等,作为英语口语中,等同于 stop it,比如:
Come on, leave me alone!
别说了,离我远点!
二、come on,意指“请允许我好吗”等,作为英语口语中,比如:
Come on, Mom, all of my friends have cars of their own. Can I just have my own car?
请允许我好吗,母亲,我所有的好朋友都有各自的车。我可以拥有自己车吗?
三、come on,意指“是你想太多”等,表明了解别人讲的话有误,比如:
Oh, come on! You know that's not how it looks like.
哦,快来!你了解事儿并不是这样的。
四、come on,意指“加倍努力,赶紧,给油”等,用以指令,比如:
Come on! I don't want to miss the opportunity.
快点儿!我不想错过这次机会。
五、come on to sb,意指“引诱,勾引”等,想与其说发生性关系,比如:
I can't believe he came on to Jane. She's about to get married next month.
我不敢相信他居然引诱简。她下一个月就结婚了。
六、come on to sb,意指“上台,登场”等,比如:
I don't think the band will come on tonight.
我觉得乐团今夜不容易上台了。
七、come on/upon sth/sb,意指“偶然遇见,意外发现”等,比如:
I came on an old friend in the bookstore today.
这次我在书店偶然遇见一位老友。
八、come on,意指“逐渐(疼痛感),逐渐(病发)”等,比如:
The pain began to come on again, and Nelson had to go to the doctor's.
疼痛感又继续发病,纳尔逊迫不得已去医院检查。
九、come on,意指“开始运转(或运作)”,比如:
It's chilly today. I hope the central heating comes on soon.
今日非常冷。希望中间供热系统可以很快运行。
像 come on 这类有几个意思的短语动词是一个非常正常的现象,亦如 pick up 等;懂得灵便把握这类的短语动词,能让扩展有限的资源英语词汇量,同时还会增强对小品词的认知。
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