使用asleep应注意的三点
2016-08-09来源:

1. 是表语形容词,所以一般不能单独放在名词前作定语。如:

正:The baby is asleep. 这婴儿是睡着的。

误:Look at the asleep baby.

正:Look at the sleeping baby. 瞧这个睡觉的婴儿。

注:asleep 虽不能单独放在名词前作前位定语,但有时却可放在名词后作后置定语。如:

The boy asleep over there is my nephew. 睡在那儿的那个孩子是我侄儿。

2. 汉语的“睡得很熟”,英语习惯上用 fast [sound] asleep, 而不说 very (much, very much) asleep。如:

You will be fast [sound] asleep by the time we get home. 等我们到家时,你会睡得很熟了。

Don’t wake her up—she is fast [sound] asleep. 别吵醒她,她睡得正香。

当时她的孩子睡得很熟。

误:Her child was very asleep.

正:Her child was fast [sound] asleep.

3. fall asleep 是习语,意为“入睡”。如:

She fell asleep during the meeting. 开会时她睡着了。

He fell asleep (while) watching TV. 他在看电视时睡着了。

注:fall asleep 为终止性动词,不能与一段时间连用。如:

这个值班的人睡着有半个小时了。

误:The man on guard fell asleep for half an hour.

正:The man on guard has been asleep for half an hour.

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