英语介词是表示词与词、词与句关系的词。
介词是一种用来表示词与词,词与句之间的关系的词。在句中不能单独作句字成分。介词后面一般有名词代词或相当于名词的其他词类,短语或从句作它的宾语。介词和它的宾语构成介词词组,在句中作状语,表语,补语或介词宾语。
分类:
1、常用简单介词:
about, across, against, among, after, at, behind, besides, beyond, by, concerning, beneath, between, despite, except, during, down, for, from, past, than,under,until等。
2、合成介词:
inside,outside,onto,out of,within等。
3、短语介词:
according to, ahead of,along with,as for, because of,be means of, due to, in spite of,on behalf of,owing to, with regard to 等。
重要介词的重要用法:
(1)from:此介词表示“to”相反的方向。
He came from London.
He went to London.
二词常搭配使用"from... to.."
We studied English from morning to afternoon.
He'll start from Beijing to Shanghai.
由from引导的惯用法:
from far 从远处。
from now/ then on 从现在/那时起。
from bad to worse 每况愈下。
from time to time(occasionally 时而)。
(2)out of:表示与"into"相反的语意。
He will be out of town.
I stepped out of the dark room.
out of+名词(=lack,to be without用完,用光)。
He went to the shop because he was out of paper.
out of date(= old-fashioned 过时的)。
The book has been out of date.