athand,inhand,onhand.doc

【英语词组】 ??at hand、on hand、in hand?? ?? ?????????????????????????????佳中 ? ? ? ????这三个词组都含“在手头”、“在手边”的意思，用法区别甚微，只是侧重不同而已。 ? ???at hand??有二个基本用法：① “在手边”、“在附近”；②“即将到 ???来”。常用?close、near、?ready 前置修饰之。 ? ???●“在手边”、“在附近”，侧重强调就在手边、近处，随时可用之，含 have ??something easy?to??reach，which can be used if needed 的意思。在句中可 ??作状语、补语或后置定语。 ? ??1）Whenever I want to write something, I always have a dictionary?(close) ?????at hand. ?????每当我想写点什么，我总在手边放一本字典。 ??2）When he goes out on business, he likes to have his secretary?(ready) at ????hand. ?????他出去谈业务时，总喜欢他的秘书在身边。 ??3）I want you to be?at hand?during my interview with the journalists. ?????我接见记者采访时希望你在跟前。 ??4）The judge would not admit the testimony, ruling that it was extrinsic to ?????the matter?at hand. ?????法官不接受此项证词，裁定它与眼下审议的事无关。 ??5）The students reside in various boarding-houses?near at hand. ?????这些学生住在附近各个寄宿宿舍里。 ??6）They built a small hut by using the materials?close at hand. ?????他们利用附近的材料建造了一个小棚屋。 ? ?●“即将来临”、“在眼前”，在句中一般用作连系动词 be 的表语。 ? ??1）The athletes are busy training, for the school sports meeting is?(near) ????at hand. ?????运动员们正忙于训练，因为学校运动会即将到来。 ??2）Although the end of the term was?(close) at hand, Jenny had not completed ?????all of the?projects he had hoped to finish. ?????学期结束就在眼前，可是珍妮还没有完成他希望完成的课题。 ??3）As the storm is close at hand, many ships began to sail back to the port. ?????眼看风暴即将来临，许多船只开始驶回港口。 ??4）Realizing that his retirement was near at hand, he looked for some ?????additional income. ?????意识到即将退休，他寻了些事可有些额外收入。 ? ? ?????? ?on hand??有三种基本用法：① “在手头”、“在手边”；② “即将来临”、“在 ????眼前”； ③“在场”、“到场”。 ? ?●“在手头”、“在手边”，侧重强调手头“现有的”或“已备的”，随时可 ????用之。含?something is already available to you or in stock and able ????to be?used if?needed 的意思。 ? ??1）I always like to keep a certain amount of money?on hand. ?????我总爱在手头保留一定数量的钱。 ??2）The shop has a large stock of the new types of mobile phones?on hand. ?????该商店现有大批新型手机出售。 ??3）Berkshire always keeps at least $20 billion cash?on hand?for unforeseen ?????events or?investment opportunities. ?????伯克