“時(shí)間不夠”說(shuō)成“time isn't enough”？到底錯(cuò)在哪里?!

時(shí)間總是不夠用。

那么“時(shí)間不夠”的英文，

你知道怎么表達(dá)嗎?

時(shí)間不夠

The time isn't enough. ?

There isn't enough time. ?

We don't have enough time. ?

為什么說(shuō)“Time isn't enough”是錯(cuò)的?

有兩個(gè)原因，一是客觀原因，時(shí)間不是實(shí)物，不會(huì)不夠，只是我們覺(jué)得它不夠被我們用而已;二是語(yǔ)法，只有句子中主語(yǔ)是代名詞的時(shí)候，enough才能做補(bǔ)語(yǔ)。比如 it/there/that/this，enough可以直接出現(xiàn)在后面，比如“That's enough.夠了”。

例：

兩天時(shí)間恐怕不夠我們游覽所有名勝古跡。

I am afraid two day's time is not enough for us to see all the place of interest.

類似表達(dá)

have no more time to...

no more time left

in lack of time

be running short of time

enough到底怎么用?

enough means 'as much as necessary'. It can be used with an adjective, an adverb, a verb or a noun. It can also act as a pronoun.

enough的意思是“足夠的”。它可以與形容詞、副詞、動(dòng)詞或名詞連用。它也可以作為代詞。

With adjectives and adverbs

與形容詞和副詞連用時(shí)

enough comes after adjectives and adverbs.

enough放在形容詞或副詞后

I'm not tall enough to reach the top shelf.

我不夠高，夠不到架子的頂層。

Your marks are good enough to study engineering at university.

你的成績(jī)很好，足以在大學(xué)里學(xué)習(xí)工程學(xué)。

I couldn't write quickly enough and I ran out of time.

我寫得不夠快，我沒(méi)有時(shí)間了。

With verbs

與動(dòng)詞連用時(shí)

enough comes after verbs.

enough在動(dòng)詞后

I make sure I drink enough during the day.

我保證白天喝足夠的水。

I don't read enough but I'm going to start downloading books to my phone.

我讀的書還不夠多，但我打算開始把書下載到手機(jī)上。

With nouns

與名詞連用

enough comes before nouns.

enough在名詞前

There isn't enough bread to make sandwiches.

沒(méi)有足夠的面包做三明治。

Have you got enough money?

你帶夠錢了嗎?

As a pronoun

作為代詞

enough can also be used without a noun.

即使沒(méi)有名詞也可以出現(xiàn)

I'll get some more chairs. There aren't enough.

我去再拿點(diǎn)椅子。這的不夠。

A: Do you want more coffee? B: No, I've had enough, thanks.

你想要的再來(lái)點(diǎn)咖啡嗎?不，我有的就夠了，謝謝。

We know what the noun is because of the context.

我們知道那個(gè)名詞是什么，因?yàn)樯舷挛摹?/p>

With an adjective and a noun

與形容詞和名詞連用時(shí)

When enough is used with an adjective and a noun, two positions are possible but the meaning changes.

當(dāng)enough與名詞和形容詞一起使用時(shí)，有兩個(gè)可能的位置，但是這兩個(gè)位置的意思不同

We haven't got big enough envelopes.

我們的信封不夠大。

We haven't got enough big envelopes.

我們的大信封還不夠多。

When enough is after the adjective (big enough envelopes), it describes the adjective – the envelopes are too small. When enough is before the adjective (enough big envelopes), it describes the noun phrase – we have some big envelopes, but we need more.

當(dāng)enough在形容詞后(big enough envelopes)，它描述的是形容詞——信封太小。當(dāng)形容詞(enough big envelopes))前面有enough時(shí)，它描述的是名詞短語(yǔ)——我們有一些大信封，但是我們需要更多。

enough of

We normally only use enough of when it is followed by a determiner or a pronoun (a/an/the, this/that, my/your/his, you/them, etc.).

我們通常只在enough of后面跟限定詞或代詞時(shí)才用enough of。

There isn't enough of that bread to make sandwiches for everyone.

沒(méi)有足夠的面包給每個(gè)人做三明治

I've seen enough of his work to be able to recommend him.

他的工作我已看得足夠多了，我可以推薦他。

There's enough of us to make a difference.

我們有足夠多的人來(lái)改變世界。

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