谈谈几组形似短语之异同 专题指导.docVIP

谈谈几组形似短语之异同 山东成武县二中 张秀蕊 高三英语课本前八单元中出现了几组重要的形似词或短语，这些词或短语一般都是很常用的，但学生们往往搞不清它们的意义和用法。现在对下面几组易混的词或短语辨析如下： 1. for sale, on sale for sale 意为“待售”、“供出售”。通常由物主或代理人经手。有时可用up for sale，意为“公开出售”。例如： House for sale. （This house is for sale.）此房出售。 Are these things for sale? 这些东西是卖的吗？ I shall put these goods up for sale. 我将把这些货物公开出售。 on sale 意指（商店的货物等）“出售的”、“在出售”、“大减价”。例如： These clothes in the store are on sale. 这家商店的衣服减价出售。 There are some nice apples on sale in that shop. 那个商店有些优质苹果在出售。 2. on the point of, in point （of）, to the point（of）, at the point on the point of 意为“正要做……时”。实际上，on the point of doing sth 在意思上与be about to do sth 很接近。例如： The old patient is on the point of death. （= The old patient is about to die. ） 那个老年病人快要死了。 I was on the point of asking who he was when he told me his name. （= I was about to ask him who he was when he told me his name.） 我正要问他是谁时，他把名字告诉了我。 in point 意为“恰当的”、“中肯的”。而in point of 意为“关于”、“就……而言”。例如： Let me give you a case in point. 让我给你一个适当的例子。 He gave me a case in point. 他举了一个中肯的例子。 In point of beauty, this horse is superior to that one. 讲到美观，这匹马超过那匹马。 In point of fact, what he said is a lie. 实际上（就事实而言），他所说的话是一派胡言。 to the point 意为“中肯”、“扼要”。其反义词为off the point，意为“离题”，“不切题”。to the point of 意为“达到……的程度”。例如： What you said is quite to the point. 你说的话很中肯。 He often wanders off the point. 他说话常常离题。 He is modest to the point of ridicule. 他谦虚得可笑。 at the / this point 意为“在此地”、“在此刻”。例如： He is at the point of death now. 他此刻正处于弥留之际。 At this point, you should tell us all everything in your mind. 在此时，你应该把自己的心里话告诉我们大家。 3. on board, on the board, on the boards, above board on board意为“在船上”，“在飞机上”，“在车上”等。on the board是“将在会上讨论”的意思。on the boards则意为“当演员”。above board意为“公开地”，“诚实地，无欺骗地”。例如： As soon as I am on board, I always feel sick. 我一到船/车/飞机上就感到头晕。 The point will be laid on the board o