发布时间: 2016年06月22日
课题详解:那么,请先跟我来熟悉一个重要的动词的意思和用法。这个动词是deceive。它的意思是make sb believe something that is not true (so as to make him do something)。是指“欺骗某人(去做某事)”“使自己信以为真(去做某事)”。作为这个意思,用deceive这个动词来来表示的话,在语法上的搭配模式是“deceive somebody into doing something”,或者是“deceive oneself into doing something”。我们来看2个专业例句:
You can't pass exams without working, so don't deceive yourself into thinking you can.(不努力是考不及格的, 因此不要欺骗自己以为可以及格。)
We were deceived into believing that he could help us. (我们受骗了, 还以为他能帮助我们。)
我们现在回过头来看那位同学的说法是:He deceived a person to do a thing. 这里用到的是deceive somebody to do something这个带有动词不定式的结构,这个是错误的。表达“欺骗某人做某事”这个意思,不能用动词不定式来说,而要用介词into 名词或名词性短语来说。因此,这位同学应该这样说::He deceived a person into doing a thing.
今日习题:请将下面的中文翻译为英文。
1. 他那热情的样子并没把我们欺骗多久。
2. 别自欺欺人以为那个糟糕的计划还蛮好呢。
答案将会在下期的学习中告诉您。我们 今天的学习就到此结束了。