kick off与tip off:
kick off意思是指任何事情的正式开始,有时也指球赛。
例如:
Our school has recently kicked off a mass fundraising campaign。
我们学校最近发动一次大规划的筹款运动。
We will kick off the no-smoking drive。
我们将要发动戒烟运动。
They are going to kick off the football game tomorrow。
他们明天正式开始足球赛。
多半是用主动语态,有时也用被动。
例如:
The fund–raising campaign was kicked off by a millionaire。
一位百万富翁发起捐款运动。
但是,tip off虽然也指开始,不过多半是指篮球开赛前,裁判开球让两边球员跳球。例如:The players tipped off the basketball game at 2:00 yesterday afternoon。
篮球赛于昨天下午两点开始。
注意:to tip(someone)off意思又是通知某人(to inform someone)
例如:
I will tip him off about this breaking news。
我要告诉他最新消息。(breaking=latest)
有时也用tip off him about……
act as与act for的用法
act as (临时)担任,充当,起……的作用。如:
A trained dog can act as a guide to a blind person.经过训练的狗可以担任盲人的向导。
表示担任独一无二的职务,其前通常不用冠词。如:
He acted as manager in my absence.我不在时他担任经理。
I don’t understand their language; you’ll have to act asinterpreter.我不懂他们的语言,你得当翻译了。
act for代理(某人职务),代为(处理某事)。如:
Please act for me during my absence.我不在时请代理我处理事务。
I acted for our captain while he was in hospital.我们队长住院时由我代理他。
接下来我们看两个句子:
He likes to sit in the front of the class.
他喜欢坐在教室的前排。
There is a pond in front of the house.
房屋前面有个池塘。
发现他们的不同了吗?一个是in the front of,一个是in front of,有the和没the的词组仅仅就是一个定冠词的区别吗?下期节目Nic将为大家揭晓答案!