英語口語:單詞“do”的幾種常見口語用法


英語口語:單詞“do”的幾種常見口語用法

一、do sb a favour的用法

  該結構表示“幫助某人”,也可說成do a favour for sb,注意其中有不定冠詞。如:Would you do me a favour please? 請你幫我個忙,好嗎?t; mso-char-indent-count: 2.0">He is always ready to do a favour for his classmates. 他總是樂於幫助同學。以下各句均可表示“勞駕請把窗戶打開”。注意,當 favour 後有定語修飾時,其前習慣上要用定冠詞: Do me a favour and open the window. Do me a favour by opening the window. Do me a favour—open the window, please. Do me the favour to open the window. Do me the favour of opening the window.

  二、do sb good的用法

  該結構表示“對某人有益或有好處”,其中的 good 為不可數名詞。如: Exercise will do you good. 運動對你會有好處。Eat more fruit—it will do you good. 多吃水果,這對你有好處。A week’s vacation will do you a lot of good. Go on with the treatment. It is doing you good. 你要繼續進行這種療法。它對你是有效的。

  三、do sb harm 的用法

  該結構表示“對某人有害”,其中的 harm 為不可數名詞。如:Smoking does harm to your health. 吸菸對你的身體有害。A few late nights never did anyone any harm. 熬幾個晚上的夜對人絕無害處。Whether it will do us harm remains to be seen. 是否對我們有害還要看一看。Whether it will注:也可說成 do harm to sb。如:Such books do great harm to young people.=Such books do young people great harm. 那樣的書對年青人危害很大。

  四、do sb honour 的用法

  該結構也可說成do honour to sb,它有以下兩個方面的意思:1. 對某人表示敬意或紀念。如:They did honour to the dead. 他們向死者致敬。2. 給某人帶來榮譽或使某人受到尊敬。如: His contributions to science do honour to our country. 他在科學上的貢獻為祖國增了光。We attended his birthday party to do him honour. /We attended his birthday party to do honour to him. 我們參加了他的生日晚會以表示對他的敬意。注意:do sb the honour of doing [to do] sth 的意思是do sb the honour of doing [to do] sth “給某人面子做某事”“給某人做某事的榮幸”。如:Would you do me the honour of dancing with me?=Would you do me the honour to dance with me? 能請你跳曲舞嗎?

  五、do sb a kindness的用法

  該結構表示“好心地為某人做某事”“幫某人的忙”,其中的 kindness 為可數名詞。如:Will you do me a kindness? 你願幫我個忙嗎?He has done me many kindness. 他幫了我不少忙。

  六、do sb a service的用法

  該結構表示“幫某人的忙”,注意其中有不定冠詞。如:Will you do me a service? 幫我個忙好嗎? You did me a great service by telling me the truth. 你把實情告訴我,這對我很有好處。

  七、do sb wrong的用法該結構表示“冤枉某人”“冤屈某人”,wrong 前通常不用冠詞,但若有形容詞修飾,也可用不定冠詞修飾。如:You did me wrong. 你冤枉我了。You did me wrong. He did her a terrible wrong. 他真的是太冤屈她了。


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