Put on 是常见的短语动词,意思丰富多彩,其中最为我们熟悉的“穿上,戴上”的意思,但是 put your face on 很明显不是“穿上脸”的意思,因为牛头不对马嘴,那么它到底是什么意思呢?先来看一下短语动词 put on 的所有意思,然后再看看有没有适合 put one's face on 的;它主要有以下几个意思:一、put sth on,意为“穿上,戴上“,指的是穿戴服饰等,例如: Put your coat on now! We're about to be late for the flight.二、put sth on,意为“抹,擦,涂”等,指的是在皮肤或脸上应用一些东西,例如:She's just putting on her make-up while we were rushing into her room.三、put sth on,意为“开动,发动,使运行”等,指的是使机器发动或运行起来等,例如:I put on the brakes suddenly, but my car still collided head-on with the van.四、put sth on,意为“播放”,通常指激光唱片或磁带等,例如:五、put sth on,意为“增加体重,发胖”,例如:You look like you've put on weight since the last time I saw you.六、put sth on,意为“专门提供”,例如: Our company is putting on extra trainning for new blood.七、put sth on,意为“举办,上演”等,例如: The recently built drama club is putting on 'Macbeth'.八、put sth on,意为“装作,假装”,例如: 从以上 put on 的意思可以看出,put one's face on 中的 put on 不是以上的任何一种;其实它是一个习语,意为“化妆”,特别用于女性,相当于 put on make-up,例如:As a TV celebrity, she never goes out without putting her face on first.由此可见,我们可以用对应 put on 的两种表达方式来表示化妆,一种是直接上妆品,如 put on cream,意为“涂抹如霜”,或者是 put one's face on,仅表示上妆,相当于对应的 put on make-up. 其实 make-up 是对应的短语动词 make up 的名词形式,因此 make up 也有上妆的意思,如 make up 或 make oneself/somebody up,它们都意为“上妆”,相当于 put one's face on,例如:We should take the time of making her up into consideration before departure.We should take the time of putting her face up into consideration before departure.无数的经验告诉我们,融会贯通短语动词,不但可以增加表达的灵活性,而且可以提高学习的信心,因为收获的更多的是赞誉。
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