英语词汇正误辨析 arouse正误用法

英语词汇正误辨析arouse正误用法

■这本书引起了我对政治的兴趣。

误：The book aroused at my interest in politics.

正：The book aroused my interest in politics.

析：arouse(引起，激起，唤起)是及物动词，其后接宾语时，无需用任何介词。顺便说一句：arouse 的宾语通常兴趣、怀疑、愤怒、同情、批评、讨论等较抽象的东西。

■演讲者激起了听众的愤怒。

误：The speaker aroused the audience with anger.

正：The speaker aroused the audience to anger.

析：表示激励或唤起某人做某事，通常用arouse sb to sth，注意通常用介词to，其实此句也可说成：The speaker arousedthe anger of the audience.又如：He tried to arouse her to action.(他试图要使她采取行动)。

■能再次收到你的来信, 我们将十分感激。

误：We shall appreciate to hear from you again.

正：We shall appreciate hearing from you again.

析：appreciate(感激)后接动词时，要用动名词，不用不定式。

■谢谢你的好意。

误：I appreciate you for your kindness.

正：I appreciate your kindness.

正：Thank you for your kindness.

析：其后只能接“事”作宾语，而不能接“人”作宾语，此用法与thank 的用法恰恰相反。

■如果你能帮助我做这事，我将十分感激。

误：I would appreciate very much if you would help me with it.

正：I would appreciate it very much if you would help me with it.

析：appreciate(感激)是及物动词，其后不能没有宾语。另外也有的词书(如《朗文当代英语词典》)将I would appreciate it if...视为一个固定句型。另外有时其中的if从句也可能换成when从句。如：We really appreciate it when she offered to help.(她来帮忙了，我们十分感激)。