mistake的用法(mistake与mistaken用法辨析)
一、mistake的用法
1. 表现“毛病”,通常为可数名词;表现犯毛病,通常用动词 make;另外注意与介词常用搭配。如:
You made a mistake about the time. 你弄错了时光。
She made a mistake over the bill. 她把账算错了。
Don’t ma(原创版权www.isoyu.com)ke any mistake about me. 不要误会我的意思。
用于by mistake, 意为“毛病地”“弄错地”。如:
The nurse gave me the wrong medicine by mis百思特网take. 护士给我吃错了药。
I’m sorry, I opened one of your letters by mistake. 对不起,我错拆了你的一封信。
2. 用作动词,表现“把……误以为是……”,一般用介词 for。如:
She mistook a rope for a snake. 她把一条绳子误以为蛇。
She had mistaken friendship for love. 她误把友谊当成了爱情。
二、mistaken的用法
1. 表现某人的误解、误会或弄错等,通常用作表语。如:
It appears to me that you are all mistaken. 我看你们都错了。
表现“在……方面弄错”,其后通常接介词about。如:
He is mistaken about her. 他误解她了。
He may have been mistaken about what he saw. 他可能看错了。
有时后接in doing sth,表现“毛病地……”。如:
You are mistaken in thinking that they will help you. 你要是以为他们会赞助你,那你就错了。
要增强语气,除可用very, very much, quite, seriously等润饰外,还可用sadly润饰。如:
If you think I’m going to help, you’re sadly mistaken. 如果你以为我会帮忙,那你就完整错了。
2. 表现毛病的行动、想法或犯毛病的人等,多用作定语。如:
That’s a mistaken idea. 那是个毛病的想法。
A mista百思特网ken person should admit his error. 一个犯毛病的人应当要承认毛病。
I helped him in the mistaken 百思特网belief that he needed me. 我误认为他须要我所以去赞助他了。