Talking about time 表示时间
Use at Use 使用 at
– with clock times: 与钟表的时间连用
– with points of time in the day: 与一天里的时间点连用
nat dawn
– with holiday periods, meaning the few days around the holiday: 与节日连用,表示节日前后数天的时间
– with weekend, in British English: 英国英语中与weekend连用
See you at the weekend! 周末见!
At weekends we go out. 周末我们都会出去。
Use in Use 使用 in
– with parts of the day: 与一天里的某个时间段连用
I never watch TV in the daytime. 我白天从不看电视。
– with months, seasons, years, and centuries: 与月、季节、年和世纪连用
in the 21st century 在21世纪
Use on Use 使用 on
– with dates and specific days: 与日期和具体的日子连用
on Tuesday afternoons 在星期二下午
on the last day of term 在学期的最后一天
– with weekend, in American English: 美国英语中与weekend连用
We sometimes go there on weekends. 有时我们周末去那里。
Talking about position and place 表示位置和地点
Use at Use 使用 at
– with particular positions or places: 与特定位置或地点连用
at the end of the corridor 在走廊的尽头
at the back of the room 在房间的后部
at the corner of the street 在街角
– to mean 'next to' or 'beside': 表示“紧挨着”或“在…的旁边”
She sat at her desk. 她坐在书桌前。
He stopped me at the door. 他在门口拦住了我。
– with words for buildings, for example airport, university, restaurant, art gallery: 与 airport, university, restaurant, art gallery 等表示建筑物的单词连用
at the Lyceum Theatre 在兰心大戏院
– with city or place names, when you are talking about stopping during a journey: 与城市名或地名连用,表示旅途中停留的地方
Does this train stop at Watford? 这列火车停靠沃特福德吗?
5BUT otherwise use in – see below 但是其他情况用in - 见下文
Use in Use 使用 in
– with a position or place, when something or someone is inside a larger thing such as a room: 与位置或地点连用,表示某物或某人在房间等较大的空间里
– with cities, counties, states, and countries: 与市、县、州和国家连用
When will you arrive in Tokyo? 你什么时候到东京?
He lives in Germany. 他住在德国。
She’s working in California. 她在加利福尼亚工作。
– with the names of squares, plazas etc: 与广场等连用
Use on Use 使用 on
– with a position or place, when one thing is attached to or touching another: 与位置或地点连用,表示两个物体相连或接触
a spot on the end of her nose 她鼻尖上的一个粉刺
He hung his jacket on the back of a chair. 他把外套挂在椅背上。
You can use either in or on with street names in British English. In American English, use on: 在英国英语中,in或on都可与街道名称连用。 在美国英语中,用on