of
- prep. 關(guān)于;屬于;…的;由…組成的
助記提示
2. of就起一個(gè)限定作用。
3. 后接of與不接of的區(qū)別就在于是否需要進(jìn)一步限定前面的事物。
中文詞源
來自古英語of,來自Proto-Germanic*af,來自PIE*apo,離開,詞源同前綴ab-,apo-,apogee.后作用連詞使用,其原詞義見off.
英文詞源
- of
- of: [OE] Of has an ancient ancestry, going back to the prehistoric Indo-European preposition of ‘removal’ or ‘origin’, *ap. Its Germanic descendant was *ab, source of modern German ab (now only an adverb, meaning ‘a(chǎn)way’), Dutch af, Swedish av, and English of. Latin ab ‘from’ (as in English abduct, abject, etc) also came from Indo-European *ap.
=> off - of (prep.)
- Old English of, unstressed form of ?f (prep., adv.) "away, away from," from Proto-Germanic *af (cognates: Old Norse af, Old Frisian af, of "of," Dutch af "off, down," German ab "off, from, down"), from PIE *apo- "off, away" (see apo-). Primary sense in Old English still was "away," but shifted in Middle English with use of the word to translate Latin de, ex, and especially Old French de, which had come to be the substitute for the genitive case. "Of shares with another word of the same length, as, the evil glory of being accessory to more crimes against grammar than any other." [Fowler]
Also from 1837 a non-standard or dialectal representation of have as pronounced in unstressed positions (could of, must of, etc.)
雙語例句
- 1. No matter where you go in life or how old you get, there's always something new to learn about. After all, life is full of surprises.
- 不管你生活在哪里,你有多少歲,總有新東西要學(xué)習(xí),畢竟,生活總是充滿驚喜。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
- 2. Generosity is its own form of power.
- 別低估了慷慨的力量。
來自美劇《紙牌屋》
- 3. Instead of complaining about what's wrong, be grateful for what's right.
- 別抱怨不好的事,要對(duì)好的事心存感恩。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句
- 4. When life gets hard and you want to give up, remember that life is full of ups and downs, and without the downs, the ups would mean nothing.
- 當(dāng)生活很艱難,你想要放棄的時(shí)候,請(qǐng)記住,生活充滿了起起落落,如果沒有低谷,那站在高處也失去了意義。
來自
- 5. The happiest are not those who own all the best things, but those who can appreciate the beauty of life.
- 最幸福的人們并不一定什么都是最好,只是他們懂得欣賞生活的美好。
來自金山詞霸 每日一句