第六讲介词与介词短语.ppt

Lecture VI Preposition and Prepositional Phrase ? English today is basically an analytic language in which inflections have practically been replaced by structural words and a relatively fixed word order. Prepositions are just a class of that indicate various semantic relations between words or expressions. structural words 1. Collocations of prepositions with adjectives, verbs and nouns 1.1 Prepositions after adjectives Adjectives can collocate with prepositions to form adjective phrases. 1.1.1 Some adjectives can only be followed by specific prepositions, eg: rich in; intent on (一心想) This country is ___ minerals. He is ___ making money. 1.1.2 Some adjectives can collocate with different prepositions to express different meanings, eg: Rose is alive to the feeling of shame. The cat is alive with lice. be blind to; be blind of ? 1. Collocations of prepositions with adjectives, verbs and nouns 1.1 Prepositions after adjectives Adjectives can collocate with prepositions to form adjective phrases. 1.1.3 some adjectives can be followed by different prepositions without change in meaning, the choice of prepositions being determined by the complementation that follow, eg: Joe’s parents was very disappointed with her if she fails the exam. Joe was very disappointed at not finding her at home. ? 1.2 Prepositions after verbs 1.2.1 Verb + preposition appeal to; apply for; prevail on (说服); touch upon (涉及); fall into (养成) The police ___the crowd not to panic. I shall ___ him to make the attempt. 1.2.2 Verb + object + preposition exclude… from; take… for (误以为); take… into (信任); rob …of (?); release…from (?) take pity on; lay emphasis on; take advantage of ?He released her from her promise. They took me into their confidence. 1.2 Prepositions after verbs 1.2.3 Verb + adverb particle + preposition break in on (打断); come up against (碰到); hold out on (对… …保密); get off with (结识); put down to (把… …归因于) 1.2.4 Verb + object + adverb particle + preposition put som