職稱英語指導(dǎo):語法知識——介詞的意義4

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7.表示價格的介詞來源:考試大
    at和for都可表示價格,at僅表示價格,for還表示“交換”,如:
    Eggs are sold at 95 cents a dozen here.
    I bought it for five pounds.
    8.表示其它意義的介詞
    in spite of, despite, for(all…), with(all…)等表示讓步意義的介詞。其中:despite較為正式,in spite of較為普遍,for/with(all…)較為口語化。來源:考試大
    In spite of / despite the bad weather 盡管天氣不好
    For / with all his shortcomings 盡管他有許多缺點來源:考試大
    Except和but表示不包含的意義,只是單純地將其后面所接的人或事物排除在外,一般不用于句首,多跟在表示一個集體的名詞或代詞后作定語。
    He gets up early every day except Sunday.
    Who would do such a thing but Peter?來源:考試大
    Except for和apart from表示不包含的意義,所引導(dǎo)的短語,主要用于狀語,以修飾全句,意為“除了有……之外”,“只是……”等,用于引出一個相反的細(xì)節(jié)或原因,因而部分
    地修正了全句的主要意思。來源:考試大
    Except for Jack, the whole class passed the test.
    Apart from its cost, the plan was a good one.
    Except for和but for表示不包含的意義,可以引導(dǎo)有否定意義的條件狀語從句。
    Except for / But for the storm we should have arrived earlier.
    except 指從整體中除去一部分,而besides則表示“除……之外還有……”的意義。
    Nobody was late except me.來源:考試大
    He had few friends besides us.
    表示超過或不足的介詞有:above, beyond, over, past; below, beneath, under等,如:
    beyond description 難以形容來源:考試大
    below / under the average 低于平均水平
    表示狀態(tài)的介詞有:at, off, in, under, out of等,如:
    on fire 著火
    off duty 下班來源:考試大
    out of fashion 過時
    表示支持的with, for和表示反對的against.
    I‘m with you in all you say.來源:考試大
    Are you for or against the plan?