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第64章 判断句型(5)

我的小儿子一直把他的爸爸视为偶像。

Tips

“to consider... as”与“to regard... as...”相近,意思是“认为……是……”。例如 Many poets like to consider poetry as the food of love.许多诗人喜欢认为诗是爱情的食粮。

Lesson 132

You look like... 你看起来好像……

在“You look like...”这个句型中,“you”是主语,“look like”是动词词组,“look”是系动词,“like”是介词,表示像……,翻译为“你看起来好像……”。

征服句型

The man in black looks like very suspicious.

穿黑夹克的男人看上去很可疑。

You look like in bad mood.

你看上去心情不好。

Your young girl looks like ill because her face blanched.

你小女儿看起来好像生病了,因为她的脸色很苍白。

That mountain looks like an old man who waves his big hands welcoming our arrival in the mountain group.

群山中那座山看起来好像一位招着手的老人正在欢迎我们的到来。

Tips

“it seems...”“seems”后面可以接“like+动名词、that+从句、as if+从句”。其中“It seems as if...”的句型中,从句的谓语动词常用虚拟语气来表示所假设的事情。例如:It seems like an easy task.这个看似是个简单的任务。It seems that your son is lying.看来你的儿子在撒谎。It seems as if it were summer.现在仿佛是夏天似的。

Lesson 133

It’s not right to... 做……是不对的

在“It is not right to...”这个句型中,“it”作形式主语,没有实际意义,后面的动词不定式才是真正的主语,“it”用来代替动词不定式,而真正的主语后移,用于保持句子平衡。形容词“right”的意思是“对的、正确的”。“not”是副词用来形容“right”,翻译为“(做)……是不对的”。

征服句型

It’s not right to require everyone to agree with your subjective view by force.

强迫所有人赞同你主观的意见是不对的。

It’s not right to ask him to go to work because of his minority.

让他去工作是不对的,因为他是未成年。

It is not right to make an excuse to shirk responsibility.

找借口是推脱责任是不对的。

It’s not right to copy someone’s answer in an examination.

在考试中抄袭别人的答案是不对的。

It’s not right for Tom to treat Lucy indifferently when she is sad.

露西伤心时,汤姆对她这么冷漠是不对的。

Tips

“it’s correct to...”与上面的句型相似,表示“做……是正确的”。例如:It’s correct to do what your teachers told you.按照你的老师告诉你的去做没有错。

Lesson 134

essential to / for... ……必不可少

在“essential to / for...”这个句型中,主语置于句首,后接“be动词”,形容词“essential”是“必不可少的、非常重要的”的意思,介词“to”和“for”后面直接跟名词或名词词组,翻译为“……是必不可少的”。

征服句型

Water is essential to fish.

水对鱼是必不可少的。

Constancy of purpose is essential to success.

目的明确在成功的道路上是必不可少的。

Food is essential for maintaining life processes.

维持生命食物是必不可少的。

Your true help is essential for me in the course of looking for my losing girl.

在寻找我丢失的女儿的过程中,你对我真诚的帮助是很重要的。

Mutual understanding is essential to the relationship between husband and wife.

相互理解对夫妻关系至关重要。

Tips

与“essential to / for ...”相似的句型有“be indispensable to...”表示“……是必须的”。例如:Air is indispensable to life.空气是生命必需的。

Lesson 135

I would like you to... 我想让你……

句型“I would like you to...”是表示建议的句型,“would like”是想要的意思,语气比较委婉客气。本句型翻译为“我想让你……”。

征服句型

I would like you to go to the rest home and meet your lonely mother.

我想让你去养老院看看你孤单的妈妈。

I would like the classmates seating under the rostrum to write down some points.

我想要坐在主席台下的同学记下一些重点。

I would like you to make up yourself and meet a friend of mine.

我想让你装扮下自己然后去见见我的一个

朋友。

My family would like you to come and study abroad in the USA.

我的家人想要你来美国留学。

I would like my professor to give me some precious ideas on the road of life.

我想要教授给我一些人生道路上的宝贵意见。

Tips

“would like to do”的用法还有“would like something”表示想要某物。例如:I would like a cup of coffee. 我想要一杯咖啡。

“would like somebody to do something”表示想要某人做某事。例如:I would like you to stay by my side. 我想要你待在我身边。