例句:I used to cut fruit with the knife which is used to cut meat, so now I am used to eating fruit with the flavor of meat.
直譯:我過去常常用切肉的刀來切水果,所以現在我習慣於吃帶肉味的水果了。
解析:1.used to do sth.表示“過去常常做某事”變否定句既可以在used的前方加didn't,也可以在used後方加not.
I used to be short, but now I am tall.
我過去很矮,但是現在很高。
He used to be afraid of dark, didn't he? / usedn't he?
他過去很怕黑,不是嗎?
be used to do sth.表示“被用來做某事”,這是一個完整的被動語態形式。to do可以用介詞for來替換,be used for sth.
Knives are used to cut fruit.
刀用來切水果。
Knives are used for cutting.
刀用來切東西。
be used to doing sth.表示“習慣於做某事”,此處的to是一個介詞,介詞後一律加動詞的ing形式。
I am used to walking along the river after dinner.
我習慣於飯後沿著河邊走一走。
PS:常見的to是介詞的短語。
be accustomed to doing
devote oneself to doing
look forward to doing
pay attention to doing
prefer doing to doing
2.介詞with的用法。cut fruit with the knife.表示“用刀切水果”。with介詞短語來作方式狀語,是“使用”的意思。在with和工具之間要有限定詞;
fruit with the flavor of meat 表示“有肉味的水果”。此處的with介詞短語來作定語,意思是“帶有……的”。介詞短語作定語放在被修飾名詞的後方。
介詞知識在動詞後方作狀語,在名詞後方作定語。
Susan often goes shopping with her mother on weekends.(with作伴隨狀語)
Susan經常在週末和媽媽一起購物。
The house with a beautiful garden belongs to Mr. Smith.(with作定語)
帶有漂亮花園的房子歸屬Smith先生。
3.定語從句。先行詞knife,定語從句中缺少主語,所以要用指代物的關係代詞which。還可以用that。關係代詞作主語不可以省略,作賓語時可以省略。
The noodles that / which I cooked were delicious.(先行詞是noodles, 從句中缺少賓語,所以要用指代物的關係代詞,that或which, 還可以省略)
我做的麵條很好吃。
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