陈志红
在英语中,“get”是一个常见词,它可以作及物动词或不及物动词,其含义丰富,构成的动词短语也很多。对此,笔者就含get的常用短语进行了归纳,以期同学们能够把握其含义,做到准确辨析和运用。
一、Get back
Get back,意为“回来,恢复(原状),回到(原来的话题)”。例如:
① What time did they get back last night?
他们昨晚什么时候回来的?
② His life started to get back to normal.
他的生活开始恢复正常。
③ Lets get back to idioms that begin with the word“love”.
让我们回到以单词“love”开头的习语。
二、Get over
Get over,意为“克服,战胜,从……中恢复过来”。例如:
① We must get over our shortcomings in our work.
我们必须克服工作中的缺点。
② I believe you can get over the difficulty.
我相信你能战胜困难。
③ It took her some time to get over the pain of losing her beloved pet cat.
她花了一段时间才从失去心爱宠物猫的痛苦中恢复过来。
三、Get off
Get off,意为“下车,离开,出发”。例如:
① I get off at the next station.
我在下一站下车。
② Wed better get off the lake before the storm breaks,or well get wet.
我们最好在暴风雨来临之前离开湖面,否则我们就得要淋湿了。
③ If we can get off early tomorrow morning, well
avoid most of the traffic.
如果我们明天早上早点出发的话,就能避开大多数车辆。
四、Get along
Get along,意为“相处,合得来,进展”。例如:
① We should get along with each other.
我們应该彼此和睦相处。
② He couldnt get along with anybody.
他可能跟谁都合不来。
③ The car could hardly get along on the icy surface.
汽车在结冰的路面上简直没法开下去。
五、Get across
Get across,意为“横过,通过(马路、河);(使)被理解、领会”。例如:
① The lights changed to red before she could get
across.
她还没来得通过马路,红灯又亮了。
② The bridge was destroyed so we couldnt get
across the river.
这桥已经毁坏,我们无法过河了。
③ She spoke slowly, but her meaning didnt get
across.
她讲得很慢,但她的意思还是没有被理解。
六、Get through
Get through,意为“完成;通过(考试);接通(电话),熬过”。例如:
① When you get through with your homework,
hand it in at once.
作业完成后,请马上交上来。
② Did you get through the English exam?
你英语考试通过了吗?
③ We must make an effort to get through the night.
我们必须打起精神,熬过这一夜。
七、Get down to
Get down to ,意为“开始认真干,着手做”,其后接名词或动名词。例如:
① Lets cut the crap and get down to business.
咱们别说废话了,开始进入正题吧。
② Shall we have a rest or get down to doing our
work?
我们休息还是开始干活呢?
八、Get accustomed to
Get accustomed to,意为“习惯于,适应”,其后接名词或动名词。例如:
① She got accustomed to working in a noisy environment.
她习惯了在嘈杂的环境中工作。
② It took me three months to get accustomed to the
climate here.
我花了三个月才适应这里的气候。
总之,希望同学们在学习中注意积累,能很好地掌握含有get的短语,并能正确运用。
(作者单位:江苏省盐城中学)