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托福词汇不同词序带来的不同语义

2018-06-29编辑: 环球教育整理来自: 互联网

  英语的词序虽不像中文那样富有语义上的变化,但也绝对不容忽视,因为词序的变化可能会影响到整句话的意思。本文小编通过具体的例子来为大家说明词序变化是如何影响语义的。

  为了更清楚地展示词序与语义之间的关系,我们通过以下例子来说明。

  ① Even the government officers admitted that some tax measures were unfair.

  ② The government officers admitted that even some tax measures were unfair.

  第一句的意思是:每个人,包括政府官员,都承认有些税务措施不公平。第二句的意思是:政府官员承认,许多事情,连税务

  措施在内,都不公平。前者焦点在“人”;后者则在“事”。

  ③ The couple don‘t have much money to spend on their foreign trip.

  ④ The couple don‘t have to spend much money on their foreign trip.

  第三句说“钱不够用”;第四句却说“不必多用钱”。“没有钱可花”和“有钱不必多花”,呈强烈对照,词序的影响,由此

  可见一斑!

  ⑤ The committee as a whole pointed out that the world economic situation had improved.

  ⑥ The committee pointed out that the world economic situation as a whole had improved.

  第五句指的是“全部的委员”;第六句却影射“整体的经济局势”。同样一个片语,

  所指有所不同。

  ⑦ In vain did David try to prevent the job from being done.

  ⑧ David tried to prevent the job from being done in vain.

  ⑦里的“in vain”(无结果)指的是大卫的行动;⑧里的不是指人的行动,而是指“在进行中的工作”。

  ⑨ Approaching the shop, Helen noticed two strangers.

  ⑩ Helen noticed two strangers approaching the shop.

  ⑨里讲的是“海伦走向银行时,注意到两个陌生人”;⑩里指的是“两个陌生人走向银行时,引起海伦的注意”。

  (11) I may visit a sometime lecturer of English language.

  (12) I may visit a lecturer of English language sometime.

  (11)里的“sometime”是形容词,意思是“以前的”;(12)里的“ sometime”是时间副词,意思是“某时候”。前者可以改

  成“former ”或“previous”;后者就要变为“at a certain time”了。

  最后,请问下列二词,哪个是“防暴警察”?哪个是“警察暴动”?

  A: RIOT POLICE

  B: POLICE RIOT

  Answer: A 防暴警察


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