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不可以這樣搭配嗎? |
作者:李 翔 文章來(lái)源:本站原創(chuàng) 點(diǎn)擊數(shù) 更新時(shí)間:2009-08-20 文章錄入:lx612800 責(zé)任編輯:admin |
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不可以這樣搭配嗎? 江蘇省豐縣 李 翔 ■席玉虎主編《英語(yǔ)常用詞用法詳解大詞典》(L-Z)(商務(wù)印書(shū)館國(guó)際有限公司 2007年6月北京第1版)p2541: ……從搭配上來(lái)說(shuō),這三個(gè)詞都可接名詞(如an offer)作賓語(yǔ),但invitation只能與refer(筆者注:refer應(yīng)為reject), decline搭配;suggestion只能與reject, decline搭配;permission只能與refuse搭配;plan只能與reject搭配。 ■高凌主編《英語(yǔ)常用動(dòng)詞詳解詞典》(北京出版社2002年2月第2版)p312: ……這三個(gè)詞搭配上不同:接invitation時(shí)不能用reject,可以用decline;接permission不能用refuse 和reject;只能用decline;接suggestion不能用refuse,只能用decline; 接plan 或proposal時(shí)不能用refuse 和decline,只能用reject;而接order時(shí)decline,refuse 和reject都可以用。 ■筆者認(rèn)為上述某些說(shuō)法是不符合當(dāng)前英語(yǔ)實(shí)際的,因?yàn)樗麄儧](méi)有經(jīng)過(guò)認(rèn)真研究,只是借鑒前人的成果,而前人的成果在當(dāng)時(shí)可能是正確的,在現(xiàn)在則不一定正確,因?yàn)檎Z(yǔ)言是不斷發(fā)展的。 首先,無(wú)論是在英國(guó)英語(yǔ)還是在美國(guó)英語(yǔ)中,refuse都可以和invitation搭配。請(qǐng)看例證: 在BNC(英國(guó)國(guó)家語(yǔ)料庫(kù)http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk)上共有22例refuse和invitation搭配的例句: He had murmured some excuse but had been unable to refuse an invitation to supper at the vicarage during the coming week. (筆者譯:他喃喃地說(shuō)一些借口,但無(wú)法拒絕在未來(lái)一周在牧師家吃晚飯的邀請(qǐng)。) She recoiled and of course refused his invitation. (筆者譯:她退縮了,當(dāng)然拒絕他的邀請(qǐng)。) Suchocka was reported to have refused an invitation to meet the strikers. 據(jù)報(bào)道蘇霍茨卡拒絕了同罷工者會(huì)面的請(qǐng)求。 在BUY CORPUS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH (1990-2008) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University) http://www.americancorpus.org/上至少有11例refuse和invitation搭配的例句: The Court refused the invitation, concluding that such standards must be set without regard to cost. (筆者譯:法庭拒絕了這一請(qǐng)求,并斷定,制定這樣標(biāo)準(zhǔn)沒(méi)有考慮到成本。) Edith should absolutely have refused the invitation, but there was nothing to be done about it now. (筆者譯:伊迪絲本應(yīng)完全拒絕這個(gè)邀請(qǐng),但現(xiàn)在對(duì)此卻無(wú)計(jì)可施。) Thousands outside protested that they'd been excluded from the talks; others refused the invitation. (筆者譯:數(shù)千人在外面抗議他們被排除在談判之外;其他人則拒絕了這個(gè)邀請(qǐng)。) 其次,無(wú)論是在英國(guó)英語(yǔ)還是在美國(guó)英語(yǔ)中,reject都可以和invitation搭配。 在BNC(英國(guó)國(guó)家語(yǔ)料庫(kù)http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk)上共有2例refuse和invitation搭配的例證: Once Shamir had rejected this invitation, Peres entered into intensive negotiations in an attempt to achieve a majority. (筆者譯:一旦沙米爾拒絕了這一請(qǐng)求,佩雷斯將進(jìn)行細(xì)致的談判以達(dá)到大多數(shù)。) 在BUY CORPUS OF AMERICAN ENGLISH (1990-2008) (Mark Davies, Brigham Young University) http://www.americancorpus.org/上有5 例refuse和invitation搭配的例證: We should reject the invitation. (筆者譯:我們應(yīng)當(dāng)拒絕這個(gè)邀請(qǐng)。) …, it was pressure from government officials that made him reject the invitation to meet. (筆者譯:來(lái)自政府官員的壓力迫使他拒絕會(huì)面。) |
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