受本国自身的文化表达习惯影响和英语口语不规范的表达熏陶,国人在英语学习过程中,经常会出现一些“不大不小的”错误或毛病,当然在遇到随性的老外,在即兴交流过程中,可能不妨碍对方理解领会你的意思,但是在正式场合或者书面表达过程中,就是致命的错误,这些错误往往比较琐碎,自身难以察觉。为了避免在正规场合出糗,或者在英语考试中丢分,特地总结归纳常见的一些英语错误,同志们务必拿走不谢!
1、 Keep保持
[误]She was keeping something to her father. [正]She was keeping something from her father. (1) 注意:"对某人隐瞒某事"要用"keep something from somebody"句型。
[误]He kept to repeat the word again and again.[正]He kept repeating the word again and again. (2) 注意:keep doing something为连续不断地做某事。有时可以与keep on doing something互换。 它们的区别在于keep doing something意为该动作一直不停地在进行中,
如:When the train started, she kept waving her hand.而keep on doing something则表示该动作可能停停顿顿,但却一直在进行中,如:He kept on making the same mistakes in grammar.
[误]We must keep up the times. [正]We must keep up with the times.
(3)注意: 这句话意为"我们必须赶上时代",keep up with是"赶上"之意,而keep up则是"坚持下去"的意思,如:Keep it up, don't stop now!
2、key钥匙、关键
[误]I lost the key of the door. [正]I lost the key to the door.
(1)注意: 英语中讲某某的东西一般要用of,而key, entrance, answer则多用to,如:"门的钥匙"为key to the door, "高速公路入口"为entrance to the highway, "问题的答案"为the answer (key) to the question.
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3、kind种类
[误]This kind of books are not good. [正]This kind of books is not good.
注意:kind在这种句式中应作为主语,如果讲Those kinds of books are very good.则是正确的。名词的单复数要跟谓语动词保持一致。
kind ,sort,type的区别 :
kind和sort为同义词,意为"种类",而type则为"型号",如:What type of this car do you want?(你想要这种车的什么型号?)
4、knock敲打/击,扣•••
[误]Someone was knocking the door. [正]Someone was knocking at the door.
注意 :knock虽可以作及物动词,如:The car knocked a hole in the fence.但作"敲门"讲一定要用作不及物动词:knock at (on) the door.
5、know知道、了解
[误]I want to know to play this game. [正]I want to know how to play this game.
注意: 要注意英语中在不定式前加疑问代词或疑问副词的用法。如:I want to know how to do it / what to do / when to do it / where to go., know后面通常接从句,后面需要加引导从句的连词代词。
know与know of ,I know him.为"我很了解他。"而I know of him.则为"我听说过他。"同样的用法还有hear和hear of这一词组。
6、late晚了,迟到
[误]Yesterday I went home lately. [正]Yesterday I went home late.
注意:late即可做形容词又可作副词;而lately则意为"最近的",如:I haven't seen her lately.
最常见的:Do not be late!句中的Be已经作为系动词了,作为谓语动词了,此时的late,就是充当adv副词的,late来修饰be,改用lately, 就是语法错误。
late,latter,later,lately区别:
(1)late有两个比较级,指时间较晚应用later,如口语中常讲:See you later. (一会见。)Tom gave me an apple , 10 minutes later , gave me a pear . 汤姆给了我一个苹果,10分钟后,他又给了我一个梨子。
(2)latter则指按顺序讲的后者,或靠后的,其反意词为former,如:the former president(前总统)。The former和The latter是反义词, 一个是前任/前一个的, 一个是后任的/下一任的,We know who is the former president , but do not know who is the latter .我们知道前一任总统是谁,但是不知道下一任总统是谁。又如:I can understand the latter part of the story.我可以理解故事的后面部分。
(3)lately则意为"近来"、"不久前"。My grandpa likes to go to park to dance in the square latterly.我爷爷近来喜欢去公园跳广场舞。作为“近来”意思时候,跟recently意思和用法一样的。
这些词汇短语都是最初学习英语过程中都接触到的,但是学得早未必学得好,赶紧对照自己平时表达习惯,找到自己错误的地方纠正过来,亡羊补牢为时不晚。做到活到老学到老。
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