understand的用法常用句式搭配
understand的用法常用句式搭配
1. 表示“听说”、“得知”、“推断”等,可接不定式的复合结构或从句等。比较:
我听说他在巴黎。
正:I understand him to be in Paris.
正:I understand that he is in Paris.
我认为他愿意来。
学习啦在线学习网 正:I understand him to say that he would come.
学习啦在线学习网 正:I understand him as saying that he would come.
注:在简略回答中可用 so 代替前面已出现的 that 从句。如:
学习啦在线学习网 A:They are going to get married. 他们要结婚了。
B: I understand so. / So I understand. 听说如此。
2. 表示“明白”、“理解”,其后可接动名词(可带逻辑主语),但通常不接不定式。如:
学习啦在线学习网 那样对待孩子,我不能理解。
正:I can’t understand treating children like that.
误:I can’t understand to treat children like that.
有时可接从句。比较:
学习啦在线学习网 你需要换一换环境,这一点我完全理解。
正:I quite understand that you need a change.
正:I quite understand your needing a change.
学习啦在线学习网 我不明白他为什么抢劫自己的朋友。
正:I can’t understand why he robbed his friend.
正:I can’t understand his robbing his friend.
3. 用于 make oneself understood, 意为“清楚地表达自己的意思”,注意这里必须用反身代词,同时 understand 要用过去分词形式,而不能用原形。如:
I can’t make myself understood in English. 我不能用英语表达自己的意思。