TA的每日心情 | 开心 2024-11-13 00:00 |
|---|
签到天数: 2597 天 [LV.Master]伴坛终老
|
本帖最后由 dictlife 于 2017-1-14 22:01 编辑
1 X3 q/ p" \; c' Z1 u, Z9 ]; h# r5 C3 H# [& J
郎5英英、朗5双解和朗6英英的 accident 词条中,Common Errors「常见错误」栏目注明如下:. {% n% c( s& p1 q* A# v
COMMON ERRORS
- x# v4 q6 q' X/ F' [% L! u1 ^► Don’t say ‘a small accident’. Say a minor accident.
6 R" M% N% N" D但是同样在这三本朗当中,本身就存在 a small accident 搭配的例子:3 {0 v; F: `( @$ D* y0 l9 Z9 ]/ w
bump2 词条下的释义
2 \/ e& B4 @! t+ x% |# H4. informal a small accident in which your car hits something but you are not hurt % s( L6 [ V( U! b3 L
mishap 词条下的释义- ~7 p! x* t4 K
a small accident or mistake that does not have very serious results * R& f/ P: g1 Q5 w+ V( q# b
这就让人摸不着头脑了。继续查 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English,第一版里 accident 词条下倒确实没列出 small 的搭配。但是第二版里却有:! m" |4 L6 P1 S" _8 ], ~
• ADJECTIVE bad, dreadful (esp. BrE), horrible, horrific (esp. BrE), major, nasty, serious, terrible, tragic, unfortunate | deadly (AmE), fatal a fatal road ~ | minor, slight, small | bizarre, freak Their boat sank in a freak ~.
& {* ?0 Z: W" i7 N/ m) r* T2 w4 g" F5 k3 I& n6 J7 R
--> 查牛津高阶7,8,9,其中的 mishap 的释义中也均出现了 a small accident 的用法。 h. e: Q7 P# `0 ?
--> 另外,BYU-BNC 和 BYU-COCA 里搜 small accident,各有三个结果。0 l6 a" `; K( F; D: @
--> 顺道还查了坛子里下载的 Longman Dictionary of Common Errors,发现 accident 词条下的例子是"a big accident"错误,而"a serious accident"正确,没有举 small 的例子:7 i. Z( M4 h t6 T' z* \4 S5 G
Her car was involved in a big accident.
- }) ~9 s9 L( i$ ?' `2 ^Her car was involved in a serious accident.
9 u: y0 F1 S9 U; q& v- z& k% va bad/dreadful/nasty/serious/fatal accident (NOT big) % W- v* G1 r5 e3 ^. S
5 Z( R# D. |! q- b7 R3 i2 ~$ C) v$ j……6 g, k8 E A1 d: h
那么问题来了,作为英语非母语者,正式/非正式场合下,a small accident 这个搭配究竟可以使用吗?抑或用是可以用,但是不建议?为什么不建议?(为什么词典里自己都这么用?) |
|