中文的形容词+名词,多以“形容词+的+名词”的形式出现,如“美丽的风景”;状语+动词,多以“状语+地+动词”的形式出现,如“慢慢地走”;动词+副词,多以“动词+得+副词”的形式出现,如“跑得快”、“跳得高”。英语中怎么表达“的地得”呢?我们来看看。
1. in a ... manner/way:
例:
The wedding ceremony was conducted in quite
a formal manner. (这个婚礼办得非常正式。)
She was looking at me in a very strange way.
(她非常奇怪地看着我。)
2. in a ... fashion: if you do
something in a particular fashion, you do it in a particular way
备注:"in a
... fashion"是正式的用法。
例:
There's no reason why we can't behave in a
civilized fashion even though we're getting divorced. (即使是办离婚,我们也可以好好地谈啊!)
3. with:
with enthusiasm/care/envy/delight etc.: enthusiastically, carefully etc.
例:
A sign warned motorists to drive with care.
(标志牌提醒司机小心驾驶。)
He has borne his illness with great courage.
(他以极大的耐力和勇气忍受着这疾病。)
They set about tackling the problem with a
great deal of enthusiasm. (他们用极大的热情开始着手解决这个问题。)
"My daughter's been selected for the
Olympic team," she said, with understandable pride. (她自豪地说:“我女儿被选进奥运队了!”。)
4. like: in a particular way
例:
like this/that
You mustn't talk to people like that - it's
very rude. (你不能那样跟人说话,太没礼貌了。)
They were all waving their arms around,
like this. (他们都这样挥着手。)
like somebody (=in the same way as someone)
He stood bolt upright, like a soldier. (他像个士兵一样笔直地站着。)
He moves and talks just like his father. (他的言行举止都像他的父亲。)
5. -style: done or made in a way
that is typical of a place, group of people etc - use this after another noun
or adjective
备注:"-style"常接在名词或形容词后面,组成一个复合词。
例:
Although he was educated in India, he went
to an English-style boarding school. (他虽然是在印度上的学,但上的是英式寄宿学校。)
They live in a beautiful little
country-style house on the edge of town. (他们住的房子紧挨小镇,是个很漂亮的充满乡土气息的小房子。)
He wore his gun at the hip, cowboy-style. (他像牛仔一样把枪别在胯上。)
6. along ... lines: if something is
done along particular lines, it is done in a way that is similar to the way you
have mentioned
例:
along socialist/military/institutional
etc. lines
The school was run along almost military
lines. (这个学校差不多是军事化管理。)
along the same/similar lines
We must have been thinking along the same
lines, because we both said together, "Let's get out of here!"(我们想法肯定一样,因为我们异口同声说:“走!”)
7. as if/as though: in a way that
seems to show that something has happened, something is true etc., even though
this might not always be what has happened, what is true etc.
例:
Tom looked as if he'd seen a ghost. (汤姆看起来就像见了鬼一样魂不守舍的。)
She moved her legs slowly, as though in
pain. (她慢慢地搬动自己的双腿,好像很痛苦的样子。)
8. with an air of: in a particular
way - used in literature
备注:"with
an air of"是正式的用法。
例:
The affair had been conducted with an air
of mystery which he disliked. (这件事做得很神秘,他不喜欢这样。)
Lily came out into the yard with an air of
happy confidence. (莉莉满心欢心地走到院子里。)

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