连词 正误速辨
1 一直往前走,你就可以找到书店。
误 Go right ahead, so you will find the bookstore.
正 Go right ahead and you will find the bookstore.
正 If you go right ahead, you will find the bookstore.
评 “祈使句+and+陈述句”结构中,祈使句表示条件,相当于if引导的从句,陈述句表示结果。
2 我走进房间的时候,他们正在看电视。
误 While I went into the room, they were watching TV.
正 When I went into the room, they were watching TV.
评 while引导从句的动作只能用延续性动词,强调从句动作与主句动作同时发生。when引导从句的动作可以与主句动作同时发生,也可先于主句动作发生。
3 努力学习吧,不然你会落后的。
误 Study hard and you'll lack behind.
正 Study hard, or you'll lack behind.
评 “祈使句+or/or else+陈述句”表示否定条件,这种结构中的祈使句,相当于if引导的否定句。
4 吉姆既聪明又诚实。
误 Jim is clever or honest.
正 Jim is clever and honest.
评 肯定的并列成分用and连接,否定的并列成分用or连接。
5 他有五六本英语书。
误 He has five, six English books.
正 He has five or six English books.
评 汉语中的“五六本书”,“八九天”,“两三年”等,译为英语时两数词间要加or。
6 他英语说得同英国人一样好。
误 He speaks English as well like an Englishman.
正 He speaks English as well as an Englishman.
评 表示“和……一样”用as...as,为同级比较,第一个as为副词,第二个as为连词,其后的句子常用省略句。
7 我们已经植了480棵树。
正 We have planted four hundred eighty trees.
正 We have planted four hundred and eighty trees.
评 表示数字时,百位数与十位数之间要加连词and,但在美式英语中,and往往省略。
8 我不知道雨什么时候开始下的。
误 I don't know that when it began to rain.
正 I don't know when it began to rain.
评 when,how, why, where, how many, how much和how long本身就可以引导宾语从句,不可再加that。
9 树、鸟、水等都是名词。
误 Tree, bird, water and etc . are nouns.
正 Tree, bird, water, etc . are nouns.
评 etc.意为“等等”,已含有and的含义,前面不可再加and。
10 这支钢笔既不是张明的,也不是李红的。
误 This pen isn't neither Zhang Ming's nor Li Hong's.
正 This pen is neither Zhang Ming's nor Li Hong's.
评 neither...nor意为“既不……也不……”,本身就表示否定,故谓语动词要用肯定式。
11 那人身高6英尺3英寸。
误 The man is six feet and three inches tall.
正 The man is six feet three inches tall.
评 表示人的身高的数词间不加and。