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英语介词
in
、
p>
on
、
at
等的用
法大全
“
表时间的介词
at
、
on
、
in
到底怎么用?
”,今
天接着跟大家分享这三个介词表时间的用法。
一、
at
1
、表示时刻,即几点几分(
with
particular points on the
clock
)
I
’
ll see you
at five
o
’
clock
.
(我五点和你见面。)
2
、表示一天中的某个时间段(
with particular
points in the day
)
The helicopter took off
at
midday
and headed for the island.
(直升机中午起飞,飞往那个岛
屿。)
3
、表示一周中的某个时间段,即工
作日(
weekday
)和周末(
we
ekend
)
(
with
particular points
in the
week
)
What are
you doing
at the weekend
?
p>
4
、表示某种特殊场合,如名字中不含
da
y
的节假日(
with special
celebrations
)
At
the New Year
, millions of people travel
home to be with their families
(到了新年,成百上
千万的人会回到家里和家人团聚。)
例外情况:
如果是说在生日那天,不用
at
,而用
on
,因为生日那天是指具体日期,请往下参考
p>
on
的用法。
【注意】
如果是用
what
time
来提问,
what time
前面一般不用
at
。如:
What
time are you leaving?
(你
几点走?)
但是在口语中也可以这么问:
At what time
are you leaving?
二、
on
1
、用在日期前(
with
dates
)
We moved
into this house
on 2 October
1997
.
(我们是
1997
年
10
月
2
日搬进这栋房子的。
)
2
、用在星期的单数前(
with a
singular day of the week to refer to one
occasion
)
I
’
ve got to go to
London
on Friday
.
(我周五就到伦敦了。)
3
、用在星期的复数前(
with a
plural day of the week to refer to repeated
events
)
The
office is closed
on Fridays
.
(办公室周五是关门的。)
特殊情况
:
口语中有时会省略
on
,如:
Do you work
Saturdays
?
(你周六上班的吗?)
4
、用在特殊日子前(
with
special dates
)
What do you normally do
on
your birthday
?
(你生日那天一般都做些什么?)
三、
in
1
、用在一天中的某个时间段前,一般为固定用法(
with
parts of the day
)
I
’
ll come and see
you
in the morning
for a cup
of coffee.
(我上午来看你,一起喝杯咖啡。)
2
、用在月份前(
with
months
)
We
usually go camping
in July or
August
.
(我们常在
7
月或
8
月份去露营。)
3
、用在年份前(
with
years
)
The house
was built
in 1835
.
(这座房子是
1835
年造好的。)
4
、用在季节前(
with
seasons
)
The
garden is wonderful
in the
spring
when all the flowers come out. <
/p>
(春天里,当所有的花
儿都开放时,花园很漂亮。)
5
、用在较长的时间段前(
with
long periods of time
)
The population of Europe doubled
in the nineteenth century
. <
/p>
(十九世纪时期,欧洲人口翻
了一倍。)
6
、用在一段时间前面(
to say how long it takes someone to do
something
)
He was
such a clever musician. He could learn a song
in about five minutes
.
(他是个很聪
明的音乐家,他可以在约
5
分钟内学会一首歌。)
7
、
用在
“
in+
< br>一段时间
+'s+time
”
结
构中,
表示将来时间,
如
in a
year
’
s
time
和
in two
months
’
time
(
with -'s
construction to say when something will
happen
)
I
won
’
t say goodbye because
we
’
ll be seeing each other
again
in three
days
’
time
.
(我
不跟你告别了,因为三天后我们就会再见面的。)
【注意】上面这句话中的
in three days'
time
也可以用
in three
days
。注意对比下面这个句子:
He ran the marathon
in six hours and 20 minutes
.
(
他在马拉松比赛中用时
6
个小时
20
分钟。
)
p>
四、特殊情况
1
、
at or on?
当笼统指代假期或周末时,用
at
;当特指某个具
体的假期或周末时,用
on
。如:
We never go away
at the New
Year
because the traffic is awful.
(新年我们从不出门,因为路
上太堵了。)
On New Year
’
s
Day
, the whole family gets together.
p>
(在元旦那天,
整个家人会团聚在一起。
)
I
’
ll
go and see my mother
at the
weekend
if the
weather
’
s okay.
(
周末如果天气好,我会
去看望我母亲。)
The folk festival is always held
on the last weekend in July
.
(这个民间节日总是在
7
月的最
后一个周末举行。)
注意:美语里用的更多的是:
on the
weekend
。
2
、
in or on?
当要表示笼统表示一天中的时间段
morning
、
afternoon
、
evenin
g
和
night
时,一般用
in
,而且
后面要加定冠词
the
;当表示具体某个时间段时,要用
on
。如:
I always work best
in the morning
. I often get
tired
in the afternoon
.
(我上午的工作效率总
是最好的,下午经常觉得疲倦。)
The ship
left the harbour
on the morning of the
ninth of November
.
(轮船在
11
月
9
日的
早上离开了港口。)
In the
evening
they used to sit outside and
watch the sun going down.
(他们过去经常在傍
晚坐在外面看日落。)
It
happened
on a beautiful
summer
’
s evening
.
(这件事情发生在一个美丽的夏日傍晚时分。
)
【注意】
对于
night
,如果是笼统地讲,就用
at nig
ht
,中间不插入任何成分;如果是特指某个夜晚,一般用
in
the night
。如:
I
was awake
in the night
,
thinking about all the things that have happened.
(夜里我醒了过
来,一直想着发生的事情。)
< br>
‘
It
’
s
not safe to travel
at
night
,
’
the officer said.
(警官说道:“夜里出行不安全。”)
3
、
at the end or
in the end?
at the end
后面一般要接
of
,表示“在
...
末”;
in the end
一般作为固定短语,后面
不再接成分,
表示“最后”。如:
At the end
of the film,
everyone was crying.
(电影快结束时,每个人都在哭。)
I looked everywhere for the book but
couldn
’
t find it, so
in the end
I bought a new
copy.
(我到处找书,但还是找不到,所以最后就买了本新的了。)
4
、
at the
beginning or in the beginning?
与
end
的用法相似,
at the beginnin
g
后面一般要接
of
,表示“在
...
开始”;
in the beginn
ing
一
般作为固定短语,后面不再接成分,表示“刚开始”。
如:
At the beginning
of every
lesson, the teacher told the children a little
story.
(每节课一开始,
老师都会给孩子们讲个小故事
。)
In the
beginning
, nobody understood what was
happening, but after she explained
everything very carefully, things were
much clearer.
(一开始,大家都不知道发生了什么事情,
但是经过她仔细解释之后,一切都明白了。)
5<
/p>
、不用
at
、
o
n
、
in
的情况
如果时间前面有
each
、
every,next
、
last
、
some
、
this<
/p>
、
that
、
o
ne
、
any
和
all
等词时,就不用表
时间的介词了。如:
He plays football
every
Saturday
.
(他每周六都踢足球。)
Are
you free at two o
’
clock
next Monday
?
(你下周二两点有空吗?)
Last
summer
we rented a villa in Portugal.
(去年夏天,我们在葡萄牙租了一栋别墅。)
p>
表地点的介词
at
、
on
、
in
到底怎么用?
一、
at
1
、用在表示地域面积不大的某个点的地方(如饭桌旁、电影院、车站、机
场等)前(
to refer to a
position
or location which we see as a
point
)
I was
sitting
at
my desk.
(
当时我正坐在课桌旁。
)