【用英文怎麼說】前天、後天、大後天?常用時間點英文這樣說!
時間介係詞有at,on,in,你知道他們分別用在什麼情況嗎?
先來試試下面這組題目吧!!
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I went to church __ the morning.
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I went to church __ Sunday morning.
答案分別是 :(1) in (2) on
一樣是早上,為什麼介係詞會不同呢?
讓小編來告訴你吧!!
首先,時間介係詞的用法大致差別在於:
at ,on ,in 表達的時間範圍就像是座金字塔,
最頂端的 at 表達的時間範圍最小而精確,如:at 5:00、at midnight;
中間的 on 則常用在時間範圍中等的日期、星期上,
如:on Monday、on January 5th
、on the weekend;
最下層的 in 時間範圍最廣,表達一段較長且不特定的時間,
從季節、月份、年份、世紀都是 in 表示,
如:in winter、in July、in 2005、in the Middle Ages。
常見的用法分別有:
at + 準確、特定的時間
at 5:00
at noon
at noon yesterday
at night
at midnight
at breakfast time/lunchtime/teatime/dinnertime
at the same time
on +特定的日期、星期
on Monday
on Tuesday morning
on Wednesday evening
on Thursday night
on January 5th
on your birthday
on their anniversary
on Christmas Day
on the weekend
in + 世紀、年份、月份、季節、一段較長且不特定的時間
in the Middle Ages
in the 1700s
in 2005
in the spring/summer/fall/winter
in July
in March, 2018
in the morning
in the afternoon
in the evening
in the past
in the future
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看完上面的用法整理後,有沒有發現一個特別的地方?
為什麼 in the morning、in the afternoon、in the evening 這三個時段是用 in ,
而 at night、at midnight 卻是用 at 呢?
night的用法比較特殊,大致可以如此區分:
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at night
在語意的表達上接近 in the morning 的用法,是指「在晚上」的意思。
【例句】
Annie often stays up at night because of her heavy workload.
Annie晚上常常因為沉重的工作量熬夜。
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on the night
on the night表示某一個具體日期的夜晚,早上、下午、傍晚都有此用法,
因此在使用上常見 on the morning/afternoon/evening/night of + 具體日期。
雖然以介係詞 on 來表達更為常見,但在這個用法上仍是有人使用 in 來表示。
【例句】
John had a date with his girlfriend on the night of the Valentine's Day.
John和他女友在情人節的夜晚有場約會。
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in the night
in the night表示的是「這天夜裡」,和 in the day time 是相對的。
【例句】
My grandparents visited us yesterday and in the night we ate out.
我的祖父母昨天來拜訪我們, 然後這天晚上我們一起去外面吃。
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另外,on/at Christmas和on/at the weekend都有人使用,
可以根據個人使用習慣做選擇。
其他時間表示法,以九月為例,若9/12為今天:
1. 前天、昨天、今天、明天、後天分別是:
the day before yesterday 前天
two days before yesterday 大前天
yesterday 昨天
today 今天
tomorrow 明天
the day after tomorrow 後天
two days after tomorrow 大後天
2. 9/6~9/11已經過去了,所以可以說是" last ____" 或是"this past ____",
而9/13~9/18是即將到來的一周,所以可以"this ____"或"this coming ____"表示,
例如:
9/6:last Thursday / the past Thursday
9/11:last Tuesday / the past Tuesday
9/13:this Thursday / the coming Thursday
9/16:this Sunday / the coming Sunday
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都學會這些用法了嗎?試著翻譯這兩句內容吧!
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爸爸上週二休假。白天我們一起去迪士尼,並決定晚上住在那裡。
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別忘記大後天要早點回家,我們那天傍晚要一起慶祝Tina的生日。
都翻出來了嗎?參考答案在這裡:
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Father had a vacation last Tuesday. We went to Disneyland in the day time, and decided to live there in the night.
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Don’t forget to come home earlier two days after tomorrow, we will celebrate Tina’s birthday together on(in) the evening of that day.
如果都學會這些”時間"表達用法了,
不妨嘗試直接用在對話中,
線上和Engoo老師分享最近發生什麼有趣的事吧!
參考資料:
LanguageLearningBase.IN, ON and AT in expressions of time. [Online]. [Accessed September, 3,2018] Available from: https://languagelearningbase.com/86825/in-on-and-at-in-expressions-of-time
engVid.50+ Expressions using AT, ON, and IN (Prepositions of Time). [Online]. [Accessed September, 3,2018] Available from:
https://www.engvid.com/english-resource/50-expressions-using-at-on-and-in-prepositions-of-time/
engVid.Using AT, IN THE, AGO, and more words to talk about time. [Online]. [Accessed September, 3,2018] Available from: