继as,often,most之后,full是第4个最常见却又涵义丰富的非动词(因为像take,come,brake那样的常见而又rich in meaning的动词更多,在此区别对待)
full作为形容词只分两种大情况和两种小情况,两种大情况是---
1. before a noun,名词前。意思简单,就是“充分,完整” ,用处可太多啦~,见下:
整整一年:a full year (有没有a whole year)
有关…的详尽报道,请翻到第X页: For a full report on..., please turn to pageX.
挺直身子站了起来:rise to one's full height
只有这个club的正式成员才可以…:Only full members of the club... 正教授:a full professor
我的脚在台阶上绊了一下,便直挺挺地倒在地上。My foot caught in the step, and I fell full length.
他经历了丰富的人生。He has led a full life. (我们都知道“有经验的XXX”用"experienced XXX,但是‘生活’前不能用它)
那件事发生的全部过程都被电视摄像机拍下来了。The incident took place in full view of the television cameras.
同父母的<=>half full brothers 同胞兄弟,而不是同父异母或同母异父的兄弟(half brothers)
2. 表语形容词 大家对此最熟悉的就是be full of ,实际上还有一个be full up with,不过这个你不用太记,只要记住下面这个就ok:
酒杯已经满满的了。The wine glass was already full to the brim. 满怀焦虑: be full of anxieties
大类到此结束,接下来是两小类:
3. (衣服的一部分 )宽松的,肥大的
例:The wedding dress has a tight bodice, full sleeves, and a full skirt. bodice:女服的上半身 Cn
4. at full speed,我觉得in full swing更好 虽然前者是“全速”后者是“全面”,唉,还是有不同的吧,到时候看情况译了
接下来是full作为副词的用法:
5. 直接,相当于“straight,directly", ~+adv/prep+宾语
例:阳光直照在好脸上。The sun shone full in her face.(face好像就是跟in连用的,hit sb in the face也是如此)
球正好打在他的胸口。The ball struck hime full on the chest.
6.极其,十分 =very,quite
十分清楚 know full well (呼…终于不用再用know....very clearly了)
再接下来是full的习语:
7. in full=totally, completely We expect payment in full. 我们希望全额支付。
8. to the full “充分发挥自己的本事”就是用这个
full如果要变成名词,只能是不可数:fullness
作业:区分as, inquire, enquire, question, interrogate这五个动词的不同。
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posted @ 2006-12-01 01:33
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