大學(xué)英語相似詞辨析(118):Only Chen’s son criticized him

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Only Chen’s son criticized him.
    Chen’s only son criticized him.
    Chen’s son only criticized him.
    Chen’s son crificized him only.
    在英語里,我們經(jīng)常會(huì)碰到only這個(gè)詞。它一般作副詞或形容詞用,作“僅僅”或“”解。值得注意的是,它在句中往往可以放在不同的位置,句子的涵義隨著only位置的變化而變化。examda.com
    第一句的意思是“只有老陳的兒子批評(píng)他”;第二句是“老陳的獨(dú)子批評(píng)他”;第三句是“老陳的兒子只不過批評(píng)他”(言外之意是并沒有打他或罵他”);第四句的意思是“老陳的兒子只批評(píng)他一個(gè)人”(并沒有批評(píng)其他人)。
    第四句亦可寫作Chen’s son criticized only him.把only 調(diào)至him之前,意思不變。第一、三句的only是副詞;第二、四句的only是形容詞。
    從上列例句可以看出,更換某些詞在句中的位置往往會(huì)使句子產(chǎn)生不同的意義。初學(xué)英語者對(duì)類似的句子應(yīng)加以注意,以免誤解原意。下面再舉數(shù)例,以見一斑:考試大
    Happily he did not die.
    他幸而不死。
    He did not die happily.
    他不得好死。
    I don’t like wine very much.
    我并不很喜歡喝酒。examda.com
    I don’t like very much wine.
    我不想喝太多酒。
    下面各例,請(qǐng)讀者自己揣摩其義:
    He is standing still.(不動(dòng))考試大
    He is still standing.(仍然)
    He told me yesterday what Charles said.(他說話的時(shí)間)
    He told me what Charles said yesterday.(Charles說話的時(shí)間)
    We heard from the policeman all about his escape.(我們從警察口中聽到)
    We heard all about his from this policeman.(考試大他從警察手里逃走)
    Please return before Monday all books that you have borrowed from the library.(還書時(shí)間)
    Please return all books that you have borrowed from the library before Monday.(借書時(shí)間)
    I often wake up during the night.(經(jīng)常醒來)
    I wake up often during the night.(經(jīng)常在晚間)
    He was not only a boy.(不單是個(gè)男孩)
    He was only not a boy.(不是個(gè)男孩)