“be+副词”短语知多少
在英语中,系动词be是个非常活跃的词,它可以和某些可用作介词的副词连用,构成短语,表示人或事物所进行的动作或所处的状态。下面我们就这一用法作一归纳。
1.be about表示“刚要、正要”;“忙于”和“在附近”的意思。如:
①He was about to go to school.他正要去上学。
②What is he about now?他现在忙什么?
③She must be somewhere about.她肯定就在附近。
2.be by 表示“经过”;“在附近”的意思。如:
①The professor will be by later.迟一会儿教授就会经过这里。
②The station is clo by.车站就在附近。
3.be in 表示“在家、在办公室”;“到达、来到”;“收获庄稼”;“涨潮”等意思。如:①Is the do
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ctor in?No,he is in the office.医生在家吗?不,他在办公室。
②Spring is in.春天来了。
③puppy love什么意思The wheat crop is safely in.小麦完好无损地收进来了。
④The tide is in.涨潮了。
有时be in还可以表示“在狱中”;“完全成功、取胜”;“(服装等)时髦,(食品等)上市”;“当政、在朝”;“灯亮着”;“处于某种关系”等意思。如:
⑤What offence is Tom in for?汤姆是因为什么罪名坐牢的?
⑥By the end of the performance,the actor was in.演出快结束时,那演员的成功已是肯定无疑的。
⑦The potatoes are already in.马铃薯已上市了。
⑧The conrvative party was then in.当时保守党执政。
⑨The streetlights were in.街灯亮着。
⑩He is in bad with his classmates.他和同学关系不好。
4.be out表示“外出,不在家”;“不可能的”;“公开”;“出版”;“开花”等意思。如:①Is your father in?No圣诞老人英语,he's out.你父亲在家吗?不在,他出去了。
②fillingYour suggestion is out.你的建议是不可能实现的。
③The ros are out.玫瑰花正开着。
④his articles will be out in tomorrow's papers.他的文章将在明天的报上登出。
⑤The cret is out.泄密了。
be out还可以表示“罢工”;“太阳、月亮、星星等出现”;“灯火等熄灭”;“过时了”;“有差错”等意思。如:
⑥The workers are out.工人罢工了。
⑦The moon will soon be out.月亮快出来了。
⑧The lights in that hou were out.那间房里的灯都熄了。
⑨The style is out this year.这种样式今年过时了。
⑩We are ten yuan out in our accounts.我们账上有10元差错。
5.be back 表示“回来”、“放回原处”等意思。如:
①Wait for me.I'll be back soon.等等我,我很快就要回来。
②The map should be back in its old place.应把地图放回原处。
6.be behind表示“在后面”;在“背后”等意思。如:
①He is never behind in his work.他工作从不拖拉。
②There is more behind.背后大有文章。
7.be above/below/beneath表示“在上面/下面”意。如:
His room is just above/below/beneath.他的房子就在上面/下面。
8.be on表示“已经开始”;“电影、戏剧等的上演”;“无线电、自来水、煤气等的开着”等意思。如:
①The conference is on.会议开始了。
②The film had been on for five minutes when I got to the cinema.当我到达电影院时,电影已放映五分钟了。
③canteen的音标Is the gas off or on?煤气关着还是开着?
9.be off 表示“离去”;“取消”;“食物等变质”;“水电等被切断”等意思。如:
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① I must be off now.我必须要走了。
②The sports meet is off.运动会取消了。
③The meat is off,don't have it for supper.肉变质了,不要拿来作晚餐。
艾德 维斯特维克④Is the water off管理费用结转?自来水被关了吗?
10.be across from 连用,表示“在……对面”;如:
The co-op is across from the bookstore.合作社在书店对面。
11.be through表示“完成、做好”;“弃绝、嫌弃,完蛋”等意思。如:
①When will you be through with your work?你的工作什么时候能做完了?
②He is through with his girl friend.他与女朋友断绝关系了。
③ I'm through with drinking.我不再喝酒了。
12.be within/without表示“在里面/在外面”。如:
Is Comrade Wang without/within?王在外面/里面吗?
13.be down 表示“物价等降下”;“情绪、健康等处于低落状态”;“车轮没气”;“被记下来”等意思。如:
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①The death rate is down.死亡率下降了。
②He is badly down.You'd better have a heart-to-heart talk with himanderson cooper.他情绪很不好,你们最好跟他谈谈心。
③The tide is down.潮退了。
④The tyres are down.车轮没气了。
⑤Your words are down in my diary.你的话都记在备忘录上。
14.be over表示“飞机、鸟等上面飞行”;“过来”;“结束、完毕”;“剩下”等意思。如:①The scientist will be over.科学家就会过来。
②The meeting is over.会议结束了。
③Is there any money over?还有剩钱吗?
15.be up表示“起床”;“从下面上来”;“完结”;“上升”;“价格上涨”;“精通”;“建成”等意思。如:
①I am usually up at ven every morning.我每天早上七点起床。
②He goes downstairs,but he'll be up in a few minutes.他下楼去了,但过一会儿就会上来。
③Our summer holidays are up,so we are back at school.暑假结束了,我们回到了学校。
④The temperature is up by five degrees today.今天气温升高了五度。
⑤The price is up again.物价又涨了。
⑥Mr.Dai is up in linguistics.戴老师精通语言学。
⑦Many new highways have been up in our country.我国新建了许多高速公路。