使用介係詞:下集/Rules for prepositions II

介系詞是"Of"能當"的":

Prince of Rome~羅馬王子=羅馬的王子
注意用到介系詞"of"時, 是先說"Prince"再說"Rome",順序跟中文是不同的。
The government of Taiwan~台灣的政府
Winter of 2017~2017年的冬天

用到"Of"的片語:

Dream of ~夢想要
I dream of becoming a pilot one day.
我的夢想是要某天成為個飛機架駛員。
Think of~覺得
What do you think of me?
你覺得我怎麼樣?
Dream ofDream about比起來:
Dream of的欲望是較強的,所以如果是夢想的話應該用dream of來表達。 
Think ofThink about有些情況是同樣的意思,有些情況不同:
I'm thinking about youI'm thinking of you.很類似。
我正在想你。
但像是:
I'm thinking about buying a car.
我正在考慮買輛車。(這裡的think about 就有考慮的意思,而think of 就沒有考慮的意思,所以不能互換)
She thinks highly of him.
她對他評鑑高。(這裡的think of是對一個人的評鑑,而think about 就沒有評鑑的意思,所以不能互換)

of還能用在表示數字或量:

The number of people~人數
Two pieces of furniture~兩件家具
8 hours of sleep~睡八小時

不正確用法:

I flipped to the book's first page.(不正確,Book無生命,不習慣把's用在Book後面)
I flipped to the first page of the book.(正確)
我翻到書的第一頁。

On這個介系詞能當是"在什麼上面":

He is on top of the mountain.
他在山頂上。
He is on the chair.
他在椅子上。

On能當"關於":

We have information on you.
我們有關於你的消息。
Information aboutInformation on 的差別是:
Information on是更深入的消息, 而Information about是籠統的消息。
像是一個活動:
Do you have any information about the festival?
你有任何節慶的資訊嗎?

如果像是警察在追蹤嫌犯:
We have information on the suspect.
我們有嫌犯的訊息。

On還能用來接日期:

He exercises on Monday.
他都星期一運動。
She went to Japan on January 1st.
她一月一日去日本。
要注意的是如果是沒有日期,只有月份或是年度是用in
She went to Japan in January, 2017.
She went to Japan in January.
She went to Japan in 2017.

用到"On"的片語:

On vacation~度假
He is on vacation.
他正在度假。
On Medicine~使用藥物
He is on medicine.
他有在使用藥物。
On sale~特價
Milk is on sale today.
牛奶今天特價。

介系詞是To可當是"祝福":

Happy birthday to you
祝你生日快樂。
Merry Christmas to you.
祝你聖誕快樂。

To可當是"到":

The shop is open from 7 in the morning to 7 at night.
這間店從早上7店開到晚上7點。

To可當是"對於":

She is kind to him.
她對他很好。

To可當是"給":

She is married to him.
她嫁給了他。
I sent a package to you.
我寄了個包裹給你。

還有其它用法像是:
He is going to sleep.
他正要去睡覺。
The key to success is perseverance.
毅力是成功的關鍵。

用到"Of"的片語:

Prefer A to B~偏好A過於B
Allen prefers basketball to baseball.
Allen喜歡藍球於棒球。
Indifferent to~不在乎或不重視
Mary is indifferent to his opinion.
Mary不重視他的意見。
Close to~很接近
Bob is close to Tom.
Bob 很接近Tom。
To the rescue~解危或搶救
Bob comes to the rescue.
Bob來解危了。
To someone's surprise~令一個人驚訝
To my surprise, the Yankee beat the Giant.
令我沒想到是, 洋基隊打贏了巨人隊。

不正確用法:

Air pollution is harmful for our health.(不正確)
Air pollution is harmful to our health.(正確)
空氣污染對我們健康有傷害。(決定在於harmful這個形容詞,如果換個形容詞,比方說bad就會變用for)
Air pollution is bad for our health.(正確)

介系詞是with可當 “與"或"跟":

Please come with me.
請跟我一起來。

With能當"用":

Cover the food with cling film.
用保鮮膜蓋著食物。

With能當"有":

A person with glasses.
帶著眼鏡的一個人。
A city with many restaurants.
有很多餐廳的一個城市。

用到"with"的片語:

In love with~愛上了
Tom is in love with Jasmine.
Tom愛上了Jasmine。
Part with someone~ 與某人分開
I have to part with you.
我必需與你分開。
Deal with~處理
Can you deal with the work?你能處理這份工作嗎?
Come with a price~要付出代價的
Development of technology comes with a price.
科技發展是要付出代價的。

因介系詞的使用方式極多,要熟悉介系詞的使用方式, 建議您在日常生活多使用。語言就是要多用、 多講!

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