英語中有甚麼常用的prepositions(介系詞)?

很多同學在準備會考時,都覺得自已所懂得的英語生字 (Vocabulary) 不夠, 所以往往辭不達意。

其實我們日常所需要應用的英文字是不多於 3,000 字, 而且大家對這些字都已經十分熟識,與其把時間用在學習生字上, 倒不如把它用於已經熟習的字或字句, 在理解和應用兩方面下一番功夫。
在未來幾星期的 SUPER ENGLISH STREET 英語會考課程中, 我們會為大家介紹一個能在短期內, 把你的英語表達能力增加十倍的方法。

我們都知道在英語中,最常用的 VERBS ( 動詞 )是 :


BREAK BRING COME
FALL GET GIVE
GO KEEP LOOK
MAKE PUT TAKE

而最常用的 ADVERBS ( 副詞 ) 和 PREPOSITIONS ( 前置詞 )是 :

AT AROUND AWAY BACK
BY DOWN FOR IN
OF OFF ON OVER
UP THROUGH TO WITH

當我們把這十二個常用動詞,加上十六個常用 ADVERBS 和 PREPOSITIONS, 我們就可以做成大約二百個 PHRASAL VERBS (短語動詞 )。

PHRASAL VERBS 可以說是英語中的百搭是英語中最常用和最口語化的一部份, 能夠有效地掌握 PHRASAL VERBS 的運用, 在應付 PAPER I - WRITING, PAPER III - INTEGRATED LISTENING, READING AND WRITING, 甚至乎 PAPER IV 的口試,都有很大的幫助。

現在讓我們看看幾個應用 PHRASAL VERBS 的例子。


E.g. (1)

如果冇你,我地就攪唔掂。( 這句中文例子 ,英文怎樣講呢 ? )
We can't get by without you.

GET BY 是一個非常有用的句語, 第一個意思是繼續生存,可以維持。



E.g. (2)

I get by with a little help from my friends.
這是 BEATLES 的一首歌的歌詞, 意思是有賴朋友的幫助,
我總算可以應付生活的問題。

GETTING BY 另一個 解法是, 過得去, 勉勉強強的意思。
PHRASAL VERB 的一個特點是在不同的內容 (CONTEXT) 中, 可以有不同的意義。



E.g. (3)

How is he getting along ?
他在學校的進度怎樣 ?

Oh, he is just getting by.
只是過得去而已。



E.g. (4)

How can they get by with just $4,000 a month ?
他們怎能只靠每月四千元生活 ?

Single Word


aboard
about
above
absent
across
after
against
along
alongside
amid
amidst
among
amongst
around
as
aslant
astride
at
atop
barring
before
behind
below
beneath
beside
besides
between
beyond
but
by
despite
down
during
except
failing
following
for
from
in
inside
into
like
mid
minus
near
next
notwithstanding (also used postpositionally)
of
off
on
onto
opposite
outside
over
past
plus
regarding
round
save
since
than
through
throughout
till
times
to
toward
towards
under
underneath
unlike
until
up
upon
via
with
within
without


Multi-word

Two words


according to
ahead of
as to
aside from
because of
close to
due to
far from
in to (contracted as into)
inside of (note that inside out is an adjective, not a preposition)
instead of
near to
next to
on to (contracted as onto)
out of
outside of
owing to
prior to
pursuant to
subsequent to

Three words

as far as
as well as
by means of
in accordance with
in addition to
in front of
in place of
in spite of
on account of
on behalf of
on top of
with regard to
in case of