crowd / group / team
Ⅰ. group “小组、团体”,与 team 是同义词。指因任何目的或原因而聚集在一起所形成的群体。搭配范围较广;
team 指工作、行为或游戏时在一起的群体,尤指体育比赛的“队”, 搭配范围较窄。如:
①a study group 学习小组; a discussion group 讨论小组
②a basketball team 篮球队 a medical team 医疗队
Ⅱ. group 指“人群”时,与crowd同义。group 所指人数可多可少,但常指“较小”的人群, 且表示有组织有秩序的一群人;
crowd有“密集”“拥挤”的含义,通常指未经组织、人数众多的人群。
by oneself/ for oneself/ to oneself/ of oneself
这五个介词短语均属“介词+反身代词”结构,但意义各不相同:
Ⅰ.by oneself“单独地;独立地”(=without help, alone).如:
Did you do this by yourself or did someone help you?
是你自己做的,还是别人帮你做的?
Ⅱ. “本身;本身的性质”如:
①Diamond is hard in itself. 钻石本来是硬的。
Ⅲ.for oneself “为自己(的利益而做某事);独自地(与by oneself 同义)”。如:
②He has built a house for himself. 他为自己建造了一幢房子。
③You must find it out for yourself. 你必须自己把它找出来。
Ⅳ.of oneself “自然而然地;自动地”为不及物动词。如:
④The fire died of oneself. 火自己熄灭了。
Ⅴ.to oneself“默默地”“暗自”,常与talk , say, think等动词连用。如;
⑤He said to himself that there was something wrong. 他想这其中有毛病。
[注]:say to oneself “在心里想”,talk/ speak to oneself“自言自语”两者不可混淆。
another/ other/ more
Ⅰ. 名词前表示具有增加意义的“还、再”,一般用 more 和 another. more放在数词之后,而 another 放在数词之前;有时也可以用 other, 但other具有“不同”之意。保留它本意“别的”。如:
① one more thing, one other thing, another thing都表示“还有一件事”之意,如:
② I want three more / other books. = I want another three books.我还要三本书。
③ I stayed there three more days. = I stayed there another three days.
我在那儿又呆了三天。(这里不用other, 因day与day没有不同之意。
④ We need three more / another three hands to do the job.
我们还需要三个人做这项工作。 (这里不用other , 因不强调人与人的'不同。)
⑤ He works on the Great Green Wall with many other people.
他与别的许多人一块在绿色长城上工作。( other 没有增加之意,表除自己以外的别的人。)
another/ the other/ other/ others/ the others
Ⅰ. another 指不定数目中的“另一个、又一个” (三个以上)用来代替或修饰可数名词。如:
I don’t think the coat is good enough. Can you show me another?
Ⅱ. other 泛指“另外的”修饰复数名词。如:
We study Chinese, maths, English and other subjects.
Ⅲ. others 泛指“另外的人或物”, 但不指其余的人或物的全部。如:
Some like swimming, others like boating.
Ⅳ. the other 指两个中的“另一个”如:
He has two sons, one is in Shanghai, the other is in Beijing.
Ⅴ. the others 特指某一范围内的“其余全部的人或物”如:
There are thirty books on the bookshelf. Five are mine, the others are my father’s.
edge / side
Ⅰ.edge侧重于指很窄的 “边缘”, 如刀刃或沿边的一部分.如:
Put some salt on the edge of your plate. 在你的盘子边上放些盐.
Ⅱ.side “边, 旁边” 有时与edge同义,有时指 “(东西的)侧面”, “(一个)方面”, “(身体的)侧边”,如:
among/ between/ in the middle of
Ⅰ. among “在……之中/中间” 指三者或三者以上。通常表某个范围。如:
① Someone is wrong among us. 我们中间有人错了。
② There is a small village among the mountains. 大山之间有座小村庄。
Ⅱ. between “在…之间”指在二者之间,有时与and 连用。如:
① There is a river between us. 在我们两人之间有一条河。
② I’m standing between a house and a big tree. 我站在一座房子和一棵大树中间。
Ⅲ. in the middle of “在……中间”指在某事物中间,强调事物的两端的中间。如:
There is a bus stop in the middle of the road. 在这条公路中间有个车站。