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英语中的常见词汇错误

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英语学习中,有些错误是很多学习者容易犯的,还有很多错误是大家可能都没有意识到自己弄错了的。看看下面这些常见的介词、连词和动词等错误,有则改之无则加勉!

英语中的常见词汇错误

  Preposition Use

  介词用法

1. 让我来帮你完成工作吧。

Incorrect: Let me help you to do your work.

Correct: Let me help you with your work.

2. 我建议你去休个长假。

Incorrect: I recommend you to take a long vacation.

Correct: I recommend that you take a long vacation.

3. 过来。

Incorrect: Come to here.

Correct: Come here.

4. 太阳从东方升起。

Incorrect: The sun rises from the East.

Correct: The sun rises in the East.

5. 小偷是从窗户爬进来的。

Incorrect: The thief got in from the window.

Correct: The thief got in through the window.

6. 让我们从第10页开始。

Incorrect: Let's begin from page 10.

Correct: Let's begin at(on) page 10.

7. 我耐心有限。

Incorrect: There is a limit in my patience.

Correct: There is a limit to my patience.

8. 请在白线内等待。

Incorrect: Please wait inside the white line.

Correct: Please wait behind the white line.

9. 你家房子买了火险吗?

Incorrect: Is your house insured for fire?

Correct: Is your house insured against fire?

10. 我没地方住。

Incorrect: I have no house to live.

Correct: I have no house to live in.

11. 脸好脏!去照照镜子。

Incorrect: What a dirty face! Look at the mirror.

Correct: What a dirty face! Look in the mirror.

12. 这是我房间门钥匙。

Incorrect: This is the key of my room.

Correct: This is the key to my room.

13. 我准备去上一个为期两年的英语课程

Incorrect: I am going to take a two-year course of English.

Correct: I am going to take a two-year course in English.

14. 末班车11点开,现在已经快11点了,赶紧的!

Incorrect: The last bus leaves at eleven o'clock. It's about eleven now, Hurry!

Correct: The last bus leaves at eleven o'clock. It's nearly (almost) eleven now, Hurry!

15. 把手从电线末端挪开。

Incorrect: Leave your hand from the end of the wire.

Correct: Let goof the end of the wire.

16. 靠右走。

Incorrect: Keep the right.

Correct: Keep to the right.

17. 不关你的事。

Incorrect: It is not of only your business.

Correct: It is none of your business.

  Conjunction Use

  连词用法

1. 和我不一样,她对英语很精通。

Incorrect: Different from me, she is proficient in English.

Correct: Unlike me, she is proficient in English.

2. 莫妮卡,借我点钱吧,大概500美元。

Incorrect: Lend me some money, for instance 500 dollars, Monika.

Correct: Lend me some money, say 500 dollars, Monika.

3. 去年夏天我打算去欧洲,但费用太高,于是放弃了。

Incorrect: I wanted to go to Europe last summer, but it was too expensive so I gave up to go.

Correct: I wanted to go to Europe last summer, but it was too expensive so I gave up the idea.

4. 我就是这样做的。

Incorrect: This is the way how I did it.

Correct: This is how I did it. or This is the way I did it.

5. 我来这儿的路上遇到了交通事故,所以迟到了。

Incorrect: There was a traffic accident on my way here. It is why I was late.

Correct: There was a traffic accident on my way here. That is why I was late.

6. 他们不理解我的想法。

Incorrect: They didn't understand my mind.

Correct: They didn't understand what I was thinking.

7. 无论是他们还是我都不对这个错误负责。

Incorrect: Neither they nor I are to blame for this mistake.

Correct: Neither they nor I am to blame for this mistake.

  Adverb Use

  副词用法

1. 去哪儿都行。

Incorrect: Anywhere will do.

Correct: Anyplace will do.

2. 会议定在今天下午3点召开。

Incorrect: The general meeting is scheduled to be held this afternoon at three.

Correct: The general meeting is scheduled to be held at three this afternoon.

3. 昨天早上在费尔大街,她遇见了她的男朋友。

Incorrect: She ran into her boyfriend yesterday morning in Fair Avenue.

Correct: She ran into her boyfriend in Fair Avenue yesterday morning.

4. 不要对我抱太多期望。

Incorrect: Don't expect me too much.

Correct: Don't expect too much from (of) me.

5. 给我点钱吧,如果你有的话。

Incorrect: Give me money, if you have.

Correct: Give me money, if you have any.

6. 他待我十分友好。

Incorrect: He treated me very friendly.

Correct: He treated me in a friendly way.

  Verb Use

  动词用法

1. 你就是在这点上弄错了。

Incorrect: This is where you mistake.

Correct: This is where you are mistaken.

2. 我哥哥一直在忙着准备期终考试。

Incorrect: My brother has been busy in preparing for his final examination.

Correct: My brother has been busy preparing for his final examination.

3. 劳拉用了半天时间复习功课。

Incorrect: Laura has spent half a day to revise her lessons.

Correct: Laura has spent a half day revising her lessons.

4. 我习惯了开灯看电视。

Incorrect: I am used to watch television with the light on.

Correct: I am used to watching television with the light on.

5. 饭后,母亲提议去散步。

Incorrect: After dinner, my mother suggested to go for a walk.

Correct: After dinner, my mother suggested going for a walk.

6. 政府正在考虑在伦敦建一个新机场的可能。

Incorrect: The government is considering the possibility to build a new airport in London.

Correct: The government is considering the possibility of building a new airport in London.

7. 他的.新书将大卖。

Incorrect: His new book will be sold well.

Correct: His new book will sell well.

8. 我有很多活要干。

Incorrect: I have a lot of work to be done.

Correct: I have a lot of work to do.

9. 孩子们当时处境非常危险,一个杀气腾腾的疯子正挥着刀在幼儿园里乱跑。

Incorrect: The children were very dangerous as the knife-wielding madman was running amok in the kindergarten.

Correct: The children were in great danger as the knife-wielding madman was running amok in the kindergarten.

  Word Choice

  单词选择

1. 你的外套破了。

Incorrect: Your coat is broken.

Correct: Your coat is torn.

2. 总之苏珊没犯错。

Incorrect: Susan didn't make a fault anyway.

Correct: Susan didn't make a mistake anyway.

3. 能借一下你电话吗?

Incorrect: May I borrow your phone?

Correct: May I use your phone?

4. 他有所好转。

Incorrect: He becomes better.

Correct: He gets better.

5. 外面天还亮。

Incorrect: It was still bright outside.

Correct: It was still light outside.

6. 在美国一般学生都不穿校服。

Incorrect: Common students in U.S. don't wear a uniform.

Correct: The average students in U.S. don't wear a uniform.

7. 这道色拉是谁做的?

Incorrect: Who cooked this salad?

Correct: Who made this salad?

8. 让我给你把把脉。

Incorrect: Let me examine your pulse.

Correct: Let me feel your pulse.

9. 我把帽子忘在屋里了。

Incorrect: I forget my hat in the house.

Correct: I left my hat in the house.

10. 你上过大学吗?

Incorrect: Did you attend college?

Correct: Did you goto college?

11. 他的体温降下来了。

Incorrect: His temperature went down.

Correct: His temperature came down.

12. 今天的报纸上有他写的关于香港的文章

Incorrect: Today's newspapers has his articles on Hong Kong.

Correct: Today's newspapers carries his articles on Hong Kong.

13. 开着窗户睡觉你会感冒的。

Incorrect: You'll have a cold if you sleep with your window open.

Correct: You'll catch a cold if you sleep with your window open.

14. 我去医院探望了她生病的母亲。

Incorrect: I visited her ill mother in the hospital.

Correct: I visited her sick mother in the hospital.

15. 她是第一名。

Incorrect: She was first prize.

Correct: She took first prize.

16. 他失去意识很长时间了。

Incorrect: He lost consciousness for a long time.

Correct: He was unconscious for a long time.

17. 他创造了世界纪录。

Incorrect: He made a world record.

Correct: He set a world record.

18. 她婚姻幸福。

Incorrect: Her marriage was happy.

Correct: Her married life was happy.

19. 今年夏天我要去自己的出生地看看,这是10年来的第一次。

Incorrect: I'll visit my native place for the first time in ten years this summer.

Correct: I'll visit my birth place for the first time in ten years this summer.

20. 这个座位有人吗?

Incorrect: Is this seat empty?

Correct: Is this seat taken?

21. 我看他面熟。

Incorrect: I know his face.

Correct: I know him by sight.

22. 我的手表不走了,我得拿去检查一下。

Incorrect: My watch doesn't move at all. I must get it checked up.

Correct: My watch isn't running, I must get it checked up.