大學(xué)英語相似詞辨析(73):gotobed,gotosleep

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go to bed,go to sleep  
    這一對并非同義短語。
    Go to bed的意思是“上床”、“就寢”,bed之前不能加定冠詞the,也不能加this、that、your、my等詞,因為它是固定詞組。在下列的固定詞組中,我們也不能加上列的詞,否則意義將要改變:get to bed,put to bed,take to bed,lie in bed,out of bed等。例:
    When did you go to bed last night?
    昨晚你幾點鐘上床?
    I usually go to bed at eleven.
    我通常十一點就寢。
    Go to sleep的意思是“入睡”、“睡著”。因此,go to bed并不等于go to sleep。如所周知,一個失眠的人往往在go to bed之后過了很久也不能 go to sleep。例:考試大
    Last night I was too excited to go to sleep.
    昨晚我激動得不能入睡。
    I went to sleep at two this morning!
    今晨兩點我才睡著。
    現(xiàn)將 go to bed和go to sleep用在一個句中,以便區(qū)別:
    She usually goes to bed at nine and goes to sleep a few minutes afterwards.
    她通常九點上床,幾分鐘后就入睡