英语语法:小冠词的用法

对于众多英语学习者而言,可能时态、语态和数之不尽的英语词汇是大家学习的难点。

恐怕很少会有人去深究冠词。然而冠词在英语中的地位是牢不可破的,少了它就乱套了!

我们来看几组跟冠词有着千丝万缕联系的词组



in possession of… & in the possession of…



拥有、占有之意,两个短语唯一的区别就是一个the。

in possession of…应使用人作为句子的主语,而in the possession of…则要使用物作为主语,of后跟someone。

例句:
He was caught in possession of a gun and some drugs.


那个嫌疑犯被逮住的时候被发现携有一支枪和一些毒品。


这句话也可以转换为

A gun and some drugs were in the possession of the suspect when he was caught.




in charge of… & in someone's charge


管理、负责之意。

这组短语和第一组类似,主语是人还是物,大家一定要留心。

例句:
He was selected to be in charge of the new department.

他被选做这个新部门的负责人。

The new department was in the manager's charge since it was founded.

这个新部门成立时就是由经理来负责的。


in fashion & in a fashion


in fashion意为正在流行


相关短语还有come into fashion开始流行


bring…into fashion使某物流行。

例句:


Jeans are still in fashion this year.

今年牛仔裤仍旧十分流行。



若是在中间加了冠词a,意思可就截然不同了。


in a fashion意为勉强、马马虎虎,和after a fashion意思相同。

例句:

Jennifer told me she could play tennis in a fashion/after a fashion.


珍妮弗告诉我她网球打得马马虎虎。