Ask Learn聞問(wèn)切英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ): Climb down (from)
讀者 Jo Chan 問(wèn):下面兩句,哪一句對(duì)?
1. He climbed down the building.
2. He climbed down from the building.
兩句都有人說(shuō),但嚴(yán)格來(lái)說(shuō),如果只是說(shuō)「他從大樓爬下來(lái)」,from 實(shí)屬不必,所以第一句比較「正確」。但這并不是說(shuō) climb down 后面一定不可以加 from,至少下面兩個(gè)情況需要加 from。
第一,兩個(gè)工人在大廈里清潔,一個(gè)在天臺(tái),一個(gè)在五樓,下班的時(shí)候:One worker climbed down from the roof; the other climbed down from the fifth floor.
第二,如果意思不單是爬下來(lái),而且還要離開(kāi)剛爬下的東西,而那東西又不是大廈那么巨大,那么 from 不但不覺(jué)累贅,反而令句子的意思更清楚:
At the end of a long journey, the tired bus driver climbed down from the bus and let out a sigh.
長(zhǎng)途旅程結(jié)束,疲倦的巴士司機(jī)從巴士爬下來(lái),嘆一口氣。
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