2014年04月08日 - 蘋果
問:At night、in the night、on the night三者,是不是at night指「晚晚如是」,in the night指「某一晚」,on the night則須和日期連用?
答:On the night是指「某一天的晚上」,但不一定要和日期連用,例如:
(1)It rained heavily on the night of his death(他去世那一晚,雨下得很大)。
(2)I called at his house on Friday night / on the night of 4 April(我星期五晚/四月四日晚往他家拜訪)。
(1)He arrived in the morning and left at night(他早上到來,晚上離去)。
(2)We sleep at night(我們晚上睡覺)。
In the night則是指「夜裏(某個時間)」,等於during the night,例如:
(1)He often wakes up several times in / during the night(他晚上常常醒幾次)。
(2)A burglar broke into the house in / during the night(有竊賊夜裏闖進這棟房子)。
問:小女的英文作業有一題先形容一種動物:It is white, and has long ears and red eyes(白色,長耳朵,紅眼睛),然後問:What is this?(這是甚麼?)答案據說是It is a rabbit而不是This is a rabbit(那是隻兔子),為甚麼?
答:問題既說What is this?答案一般也會用this,即This is a rabbit。假如題目問What is it?那一般就用it對答:It is a rabbit。讀者所說答案,用this其實會好一點。
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