allow;let
二者均可作“允许”解,但各有侧重:
allow重在“允许”或“容许”,也可表示客气的请求。
He allowed me to take his dictionary .他允许我拿走他的词典。
Will you allow me to use your bike? 我可以用你的自行车吗?
Gifts like chocolates or flowers are allowed . 巧克力、鲜花等礼物在允许之列。
I begged to be allowed to leave 我请求允许我离开。
let作“允许”或“让”解,主要用于口语,一般可与allow互换。作“允许”解时,常暗含“听任”、“默许”之意;作“让”解时,常含“祈使”或“建议”之意。
注意:let之后作宾补的不定式不带to,且不可用于被动语态,而allow则相反。
Please let me walk with you =Please allow me to walk with you . . 请允许我 跟你一起走。
When you love somebody, you gonna let him go out like that? 如果你爱一个人,你会任由他落得那样的下场吗?
His parents let him stay out late. 他的父母任由他在外面待到很晚。
注:allow常用于allow somebody .to do something .或allow doing something .结构中。
although; though; as
三者均可表示“尽管;虽然”,引导让步状语从句。although用法较正式,语气较强;though较常用;as则主要用于倒装句。它们的用法有如下几点值得注意:
状语从句由although though或as引导,主句之前不可有but and so however等并列连词,但可有yet或still等副词。although与though常可互换。
Although/Though he believes it yet he will not act . 他虽然相信它,但却不肯有所行动。
as表示“尽管;虽然”,只能用于倒装句,即:将表语、状语或谓语动词放在as之前。though也可这么用。
Young as/though he is he knows a lot . 他虽然年纪不大,却懂得很多。
注意:倒装句如果表语是单数名词,要省略a。
Child as/though he is he can speak two foreign languages . 虽然他是个孩子,但他会说两门外语。
though可以放在句末,表示“但是”,although却不能。
They said they would come; they did not though . 他们说他们会来,可是他们并没有来。
although只用来陈述“事实”,不能表示“假设”。因此可以说even though“即使”以及as though“好像 =as if ”,不能说even although或as although。
I believe you are on duty—even though you’re in plain clothes . 尽管你穿着便衣,我相信你是在值勤。
among/between
这两个介词都有“在……之间”的意思。between常用于两者之间;among一般指三者或三者以上之间。若指三个以上人或物中的每两个之间时,仍然要用between。
The girl walked between her father and mother .这个女孩走在她父亲和母亲之间。
She is the tallest among her classmates .她在她同学之间是最高的。
Switzerland lies between France,Italy,Austria and Germany .
瑞士位于法国、意大利、奥地利和德国之间。
argue debate dispute 都含“辩论”的意思。
argue 着重“说理”、“论证”和“企图说服”
I argued with her for a long time but she refused to listen to reason
我和她辩论了好久 但她还是不听。
debate 着重“双方各述己见” 内含“交锋”的意思
We have been debating about the issue 我们一直在就这个问题进行辩论。
dispute 指“激烈争辩” 含有“相持不下”或“未得解决”之意,
Whether he will be elected as chairman is still disputed 他是否当选为主席 仍然有争论。
argue;quarrel;discuss
这三个动词均有“争”的意思,但“争”法不同。
argue着重就自己的看法或观点,提出论证,同他人“争论”或“辩论”。
We heard them arguing in the other room .我们听见他们在另一个房间里争论。
另外,argue同with搭配,其后接人;与about连用,其后接事物。
We argued with them about this problem for a long time .这个问题我们同他们辩论了很长时间。
quarrel是指对某事不喜欢或强烈不满而发生的“争吵”或“吵架”。同with搭配,其后接某人;和about连用,其后接某事。
He often quarrels about their housework with his wife .他常为家务事同妻子争吵。
discuss是指认真交换自己的意见或看法的“讨论”。
We'll discuss the use of the articles tomorrow .明天我们将讨论冠词的用法。
as / so far as; as / so long as
as / so far as的意思是“就……而言 所知 ”,as / so far as something .is concerned是其中一种具体用法,意为“就某事而言”;as / so long as意为“只要”,引导条件状语从句。
As far as I know more than ten million laid-off workers have found their new jobs .
就我所知,一千多万下岗工人已经找到了新的工作。
There is nothing that we can’t do so / as long as we keep on trying to do it .
只要我们不断地努力去做,就没有什么事干不成。
As far as the tourism of China is concerned there is a long way to go .
就中国的旅游业而言,需要做的工作还很多。