智能家居课程:英语中有些词组相配有着严格的对称,整齐的排列
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英语中有些词组相配有着严格的对称,整齐的排列,与我国的汉语相互辉映,妙不可言.
(1) 以名词为主的重复,表示时间、次数、数量等。
arm in arm 臂挽臂
例:Arm in arm the student went to school. 学生们挽着胳膊去上学。
back to back 背靠背
例:The two fighters stood back to back. 两位斗士背靠背地站着。
day after day 一天又一天
例:Day after day he looked forward to the coming of the PLA. 他天天盼望着解放军的到来。
face to face 面对面
例:I hadn’t seen him for years when suddenly we stood face to face.
我多年没见到他了,突然我们面对面地站在了一起。
hand in hand 手拉手
例:The couple were walking hand in hand. 这对夫妇手拉手地走着。
one by one 一个又一个
例:The doctors examined the students one by one . 医生们一个个检查了学生们的身体。
shoulder to shoulder 肩并肩
例:Let’s stand shoulder to shoulder. 让我们共同努力。
from ear to ear 满面笑容
例:“Good morning,” said Hans, smiling from ear to ear!” 您早!”汉斯满面笑容地说。
from mouth to mouth 流传
例:The news of the victory spread rapidly from mouth to mouth. 胜利的消息很快就传开了。
time after time 再三,三番五次
例:The doctor told him time after time to give up smoking 医生再三让他戒烟。
from time to time 有时,不时
例:I received her letters from time to time when I studied in the USA.
我在美国学习时时不时会收到她的信。
step by step 一步一步地
例:Step by step, I came near the first building.我一步一步地走近第一座楼房。
bit by bit 一点一点
例:Bit by bit ,she closed the gap.她一点一点地缩短了差距。
(2) 以副词为主的重复,构成一个新的意思的短语或固定搭配。
again and again 反复地
例:Good books should be read again and again. 好书要一遍一遍地读。
by and by 不久
例:He will come back by and by .他不久就会回来。
out and out 彻头彻尾,十足,完全
例:This is out and out big-power chauvinism. 这是彻头彻尾的大国沙文主义。
through and through 彻底
例:The man is roguish through and through. 这人是个彻底的无赖。
on the up and up 越来越大,越来越高
例:Business was on the up and up .生意越做越大。
over and over 反复
例:He read that poem over and over.他反复读那首诗。
all and all 总之
例:All in all ,there are twenty of them. 他们总共有二十人。