◆begin v. 1. 表示开始做某事,其后的动词可用不定式也可用动名词。如: When did you begin to learn [learning] French? 你什么时候开始学法语? Hearing the news she began to cry [crying]. 听到这消息她就哭了。 注:当 begin 后接的是表示心里活动的动词(如 think, realize, understand 等)或 begin 本身为 -ing 形式时,其后通常要接不定式而不接动名词。如: It is beginning to rain. 开始下雨了。 She began to understand. 她开始明白了。 2. 汉语说“从……开始”,英语一般不用 begin from, 而应根据具体情况选用适当的介词。如: Our journey began at Changsha. 我们的旅行从长沙开始。 The sports meet begins on Monday. 运动会从星期一开始。 3. begin 作为终止性动词,学生在很多地方容易出错。如: 音乐会已开始半小时了。 误:The concert has begun for half an hour. 正:The concert has been on for half an hour. 三点钟下雨了。 误:It rained at three o’clock. 正:It began to rain at three o’clock. 比较:It was raining at three o’clock. ◆beginning n. 1. 表示“起初”或“在开始时”,可用介词 in 或 at。如: At [In] the beginning he wasn’t interested in it. 开始他对此不感兴趣。 若其后接有介词 of, 则其前通常用介词 at。如: A war broke out at the beginning of the century. 世纪之初爆发了一次战争。 比较 from the beginning(从一开始)。如: I knew from the beginning that he was wrong. 我从一开始就知道他是错的。 2. from beginning to end 意为“从头至尾”(注意不用冠词)。如: I’ve read the book from beginning to end. 我从头至尾读过这本书。 ◆believe v. 1. 后接否定的宾语从句时,通常将否定转移到主句上。如: I don’t believe that he will win. 我相信他不会赢。 2. 在简略答语中,一般不单独用 believe, 而用 I believe so. 或 I don’t believe so. /I believe not. 如: A: Do you think he will come? 你认为他会来吗? B: No, I don’t believe so. [I believe not. ] 我想不会。 3. 可接不定式的复合结构作宾语,但其中的不定式通常为 to be型,若为实义动词,则通常为完成式。如: They believed him (to be) mistaken. / They believed that he was mistaken. 他们认为他错了。 I believe him to have arrived safely. 我相信他已平安到达。 4. 比较 believe sb 和 believe in sb:前者指相信某人的话(= believe what one says);后者指信任某人的为人(=trust sb)。如: I can believe him, but I can not believe in him. 我相信他说的话是真的,但是不相信他的为人。 |
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