两种所有格的用法比较
1. 互换的场合
of 所有格既可用于有生命的人或物,也可用于无生命的东西。of 所有格有时可以与-’s 所有格互换:
Mr Smith’s son = the son of Mr Smith 史密斯先生的儿子
Jim’s patience = the patience of Jim 吉姆的耐心
the Queen’s arrival = the arrival of the Queen 女王的到达
2. 必须用 -’s 所有格的情形
①表类别时:
Most of the cloth for men’s suits is made from wool. 男人套装的布料大多是羊毛制的。
The women’s 5,000 metres was won by Jones. 女子五千米赛跑琼斯胜出了。[page]分页标题[/page]
She works in television as well as writes children’s books. 她在电视台工作,还写儿童读物。
②表来源时:
He felt obliged to answer his father’s letter. 他感到不得不回他父亲的信。
③当被修饰的名词后有同位语修饰时:
Mary’s husband, a policeman, has just been here. 玛丽的丈夫是个警察,刚刚来过这儿。
3. 必须用of 所有格的情形
①用于无生命的事物时:
He sat down on the edge of the bed. 他在床边上坐下。
That view of the case did not occur to me before. 对案情的这种看法过去没在我脑中出现过。
②表同位关系时:
The city of Newcastle lies at the mouth of the Newcastle River. 纽卡斯尔城位于纽卡斯尔河河口。
③当中心词是名词化的名词时:[page]分页标题[/page]
You don’t understand the life of the poor. 你不理解穷人的生活。
④当of 所有格中的名词后跟有后置修饰语或同位语时:
Mr Smith is a foreign teacher of a university in China. 史密斯先生是中国一所大学的外籍教师。
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