请看下面这段对话,它的特色在于四个片语动词,使会话显得轻松灵活:
X: Why cant Mary go to the picnic with us ?
Y: Because something important cropped up and she had to see to it.
X: Too Bad ! Can we do without her ?
Y: No, I think we had better put off the picnic until next Saturday.
什么是片语动词(Phrasal Verbs)呢?
片语动词是现代英语中最常见的一种惯用语,由动词+介词/ 副词构成,有一个意思,甚至多个意思,其作用等于谓语动词,可以是及物动词(The Transitive Verb),有宾语,如:see to, do without, put off等,也可以是不及物动词(The Intransitive Verb),没宾语,如crop up, speak up, opt out等。
这些是二字一体的片语动词,数目很多;也有三字一体 的,数目少得多,如:do away with, go back on, zero in on , hold on to, speak up for等。它们的构成成分是:动词+副词+介词。
二字一体的片语动词的两个字有些可以分开,有些则不可分开。如果是前者的话,那么它的名词宾语可以摆在后面(见例①)或在两个字之间(见例②):
⑴ I have left out a word.
⑵ I have left a word out.
如果宾语是代词,就必须在二字之间,如:
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