英文常見病句300句精選十則五

　　英文常見病句300句，分析在口語和寫作中容易犯的英語錯(cuò)誤，含有正確使用方法及解析。

　　1. Lisa has difficulty adapting new surroundings. (x)

　　Lisa has difficulty adapting to new surroundings. (√)

　　adapt(oneself) to sth意為“(使自己)適應(yīng)某物”。

　　2. The movie is adapted for a best-seller.(x)

　　The movie is adapted from a best-seller.(√)

　　be adapted for sth意為“被改編成......"，如:The novel has been adapted for the stage.(這本小說已被改編成舞臺(tái)劇。)be adapted from sth意為“改編自……”。

　　3. Add some sugar into your coffee, if you like.(x)

　　Add some sugar to your coffee, if you like.(√)

　　add sth to sth意為“將某物加入到某物”，是固定用法。

　　4. The dragon dance will add up the festive atmosphere.(x)

　　The dragon dance will add to the festive atmosphere.(√)

　　add up是“把數(shù)字加在一起(以求總數(shù))”，如:Please add up these figures.(請(qǐng)把這些數(shù)字加在一起。)add to=increase，是“增加”的意思。

　　5. He admitted he was addictive to drinking. (x)

　　He admitted he was addicted to drinking.(√)

　　addictive是指“煙酒或藥物會(huì)使人上癮”，如:Smoking is highly addictive.(抽煙極容易使人上癮。)be addicted to+N/V-ing是指“某人有……之癮”或“沉迷于......”。

　　6. I was brought up by my adopting parents.(x)

　　I was brought up by my adoptive parents.(√)

　　adopt sb表“領(lǐng)養(yǎng)小孩”.如:You can become parents by adopting a child.(你們領(lǐng)養(yǎng)個(gè)小孩就可以當(dāng)父母了。)adoptive是“領(lǐng)養(yǎng)的”，所以adoptive parents是指“養(yǎng)父母”;adopted是“被領(lǐng)養(yǎng)的”，因此adopted children是“養(yǎng)子女”。

　　7. The retired colonel is advancing in years.(x)

　　The retired colonel is advanced in years.(√)

　　be advanced in years是指“某人已經(jīng)年邁”，為固定用法。advancing years / age則用來描述某人“年事漸高”，如:We should take his advancing age into account.她年事漸高，我們也該將其列入考慮范圍。)

　　8. Let the give you an advice.(x)

　　Let me give you a bit of advice.(√)

　　advice為不可數(shù)名詞，所以不能直接用不定冠詞an來修飾，也不能在其后加s來表示復(fù)數(shù)的概念。不過，我們可用a bit / piece / word of advice來表示“一條建議”，用bits / pieces / words of advice來表示“很多條建議”。

　　9. Many dietitians advise to eat more fruit.(x)

　　Many dietitians advise eating more fruit.(√)

　　Many diet}ians advise people to eat more fruit.(√)

　　表示“給予忠告或建議”時(shí)要用advise，句型如下:advise sb to do sth或advise+N/V-ing。

　　10. We don't want any foreign countries to interfere in our internal affair.(x)

　　We don't want any foreign countries to interfere in our internal affairs.(√)

　　單數(shù)的affair可指個(gè)人的“私事”或與某人的“暖昧關(guān)系”，如:My private life is my own affair.(我的私生活是我的私事，用不著你管。)He had an affair with his secretary.(他跟他的秘書有染.)但指國家的重大事務(wù)，如外交、內(nèi)政等時(shí)，均用其復(fù)數(shù)形式affairs，如:foreign affairs。