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本帖最后由 loveaffairs 于 2018-5-18 14:23 编辑
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有坛友在发帖询问see to it的意思,并说,分开看每个字都认识,但合起来就不知所云。这里我想和大家分享一点个人经验,仅供参考。0 {; w4 l7 }+ V) X& F- o# ?9 u
% @) K: a2 H3 d# ~7 B学习方法因人而异。有人很擅长记忆信息碎片,而我更擅长逻辑思维。我认为,如果能在信息碎片之间挖掘出某些内在联系,不但能减轻记忆负担,更重要的是,能让人举一反三、事半功倍。
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对于习语来说,往往都是从某个意思很具体的说法引申而来。这个在中文里也是一样,比如“卡脖子”和“挖墙脚”应该分别是从斗殴和破坏建筑的行为抽象而来。
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要理解see to it,不妨先从具体的说法see sb to sth开始。它意思是“将某人护送到某个地方”,非常容易理解。( G: ~) ?4 d% f: O
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see sb to sth: To escort or accompany somebody to a place or means of departure.
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/ d7 p& y3 |! H, U) n Y-- I'm just going to see our guests to the door; I'll be back shortly.7 o- X( D( x, O& P7 n( _! s' G
-- Jonathan, would you please see Mr. Thompson to the bus station?
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在这基础上的一种简化变异,就是干脆把see的宾语与to的宾语二选一,并将see to作为一个短语动词看待,后面接一个宾语完事,同时意义发生了第一步抽象,成为“照顾、伺候、处理”。这种抽象应该是很自然而然的。6 e+ `8 ~+ @0 p1 i( S3 ], v
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see to sb/sth: To care for, attend to, or deal with somebody or something.: m' k2 h: Q# Y/ _/ V$ y+ a( [( H9 m
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-- I'll see to the guests, if you wouldn't mind getting the table ready.
8 l# r Y1 D1 k: t/ d8 z-- Would you see to changing the sheets on the beds upstairs?0 l: \# y V: B2 ]. Z
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: m' Q8 f; V% y# g* o2 c* bA: "We need someone to organize the store room before our next shipment arrives."
" m' t3 E7 o- w( X j, j& m$ O7 ~B: "I'll see to it."
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" T/ V& \; ~. _3 W) H* z这就是第二次抽象:将see to的宾语置换成一个泛指代词it,意思自然成为了“确保此事”。
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: J0 Q0 m% I- ? w. _5 Q. jsee to it: make certain.
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如果没有上下文,则要么将it还原成organizing the store room before our next shipment arrives;要么在it之后加一个that引导的同位语从句,明确说明。
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7 H4 P8 q C' \& W8 ?/ d-- I'll see to it that the store room is organized before our next shipment arrives.
; I# p" Y+ l/ R6 j- X, C-- I want you to see to it that she never comes in here again.
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" w9 \' O- D% L0 Y5 p6 K7 a7 X9 Ksee to it that ... : make certain that ...
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