中学生英语学习常见错误·介词

　　［误］ There is an old stone bridge above the river.

　　［正］ There is an old stone bridge over the river.

　　［析］ over还有一意为“跨越，横跨”。

　　［误］ The Dead Sea is under the sea level.

　　［正］ The Dead Sea is below the sea level.

　　［析］在垂直下方要用below.也就是讲above与below互为反意词，over与under也是反意词。

　　［误］ There is a big tree in the front of the house.

　　［正］ There is a big tree in front of the house.

　　［析］ in front of 是在物体外部的前面，而in the front of 是在物体内部的前面，如：The driver sits in the front of the bus.

　　［误］ It took them two days to walk across the forest.

　　［正］ It took them two days to walk through the forest.

　　［析］ across 作为介词有两个主要意思：① 横过，如：I want to walk across the street.② 对面，如：There is a post office across the street，而through 多用于三维空间中的穿越。across则多用于平面上的横过。如：The little girl ran across the room to meet her mother.

　　［误］ The sun sets toward the west.

　　［正］ The sun sets in the west.

　　［析］ towards也可用作toward，它主要表达朝向某方向运动，但不一定到达，如：He ran toward（s） the mountain.而在表示方位east， west， north， south 时，其前面要用in.要注意的是这4个词可以用作副词，如：I went south. 也可用作名词，如：I went to the south.也可用作形容词，如：I went to the south part of China.

　　［误］ Do you have no other clothes except those？

　　［正］ Do you have no other clothes besides those？

　　［析］ beside 是“在……旁边”，如：The students stood beside their teachers.而besides是“除……之外，不仅……而且……，除了……以外还有……”，如：I studied English besides French， when I was in college. 而except 则是从同一类物体中去掉某一部分，如：I come here every day except Sunday. 而except for 是指去掉不同种类的事物，如：The room is clean except for two chairs. 而except that则要加从句。

　　［误］ Can I write the exam paper with ink？

　　［正］ Can I write the exam paper with a pen？

　　［正］ Can I write the exam paper in ink？

　　［析］ with后要加拿得起来放得下的工具，而墨水、颜料等原料则要用in.

　　［误］ I’m earlier today. I came here by his car.

　　［正］ I’m earlier today. I came here in his car.

　　［析］在交通工具前加介词by，但不能再有任何指示代词或冠词，否则要改换相应的介词。by taxi=in a taxi

　　by train=in a train

　　by bicycle=on a bicycle

　　by ship=on a ship

　　by boat=in a boat

　　by bus=on a bus

　　by plane=on a plane

　　by air 空运

　　by land 陆运

　　by sea 海运

　　on foot on horseback

　　by phone by letter by radio

　　by air mail by hand

　　［误］ A lot of French wines are made of grape.

　　［正］ A lot of French wines are made from grape.

　　［析］ made of 是指由原材料到成品过程中原材料未发生质地的变化，而发生了某种变化则要用from，如：The desk was made of hard wood.

　　［误］ This is a good dictionary in English grammar.

　　［正］ This is a good dictionary on English grammar.

　　［析］关于某方面的书籍、报告等有两个介词，其中on表示某专业用书，about则为某方面的普通读物，如：This is a book about physics.即物理科普知识。

　　［误］ Do you have the key of the door.

　　［正］ Do you have the key to the door.

　　［析］ key to the door门的钥匙。相同用法还有answer to the question， entrance to the highway， danger to health.千万不要用of.

　　［误］ Today a lot of Chinese people have interest of collecting stamps.

　　［正］ Today a lot of Chinese people have interest in collecting stamps.

　　［析］ have interest in是在某方面有兴趣。

　　［误］ I didn’t do my homework， so the teacher was angry to me.

　　［正］ I didn’t do my homework， so the teacher was angry with me.

　　［析］ be angry with其后接人，而be angry at其后接事。如：He was angry at what she said.

　　［误］ He was good for skating.

　　［正］ He was good at skating.

　　［析］ be good at 为“擅长某事”，而be good for somebody为对某人很好。

　　［误］ It was good to you to help my little boy.

　　［正］ It was good of you to help my little boy.

　　［析］ 这句话应译为：你真太好了，帮助了我的小孩。而be good to somebody 是对某人态度好。如：Her mother is good to everyone.

　　［误］ My parents were very pleased at me.

　　［正］ My parents were very pleased with me.

　　［正］ My parents were very pleased at my studying.

　　［析］ be pleased with后加somebody， 而be pleased at后加something.

　　［误］ He is agree with me.

　　［正］ He agrees with me.

　　［误］ He againsts me.

　　［正］ He is against me.

　　［析］同意agree为动词，而反对against则为介词。在使用中一定要注意。

　　［误］ I haven’t heard letters from him.

　　［正］ I haven’t heard from him.

　　［析］ hear from 即为：从某人处得到信件。不要再加letter了。

　　［误］ Teacher. May I call at you this weekend？

　　［正］ Teacher. May I call on you this weekend？

　　［析］ 作为“拜访”讲call at其后接地点，如：May I call at your home this weekend？而call on其后接人。

　　［误］ Do you know the girl on white？

　　［正］ Do you know the girl in white？

　　［析］ in white为穿一身白。与in有关的词组有：in bed（睡觉），in hospital（住院），in a hurry（匆匆忙忙），in danger（危险中），in joy （高兴），in good health（身体好），in love（恋爱），in trouble（困境），与之相反的是out of ，如：out of trouble （摆脱困境），out of date（过时了）， out of order（出故障）

　　［误］ He looked at me at surprise.

　　［正］ He looked at me in surprise.

　　［析］ surprise的用法一般有三种。①用于句首，To one’s surprise， 如：To my surprise he succeeded. ② be surprised at， 如：I was surprised at the news. ③用于句尾in surprise.

　　［误］ She didn’t come to school because of she was ill.

　　［正］ She didn’t come to school because she was ill.

　　［析］ because of 后接名词，如：The game was put off because of the rain.