left与right用法注意点
1. 用作名词,left 表示“左边”,right 表示“右边”,是一组反义词,但其用法较为相似:
(1) 其前通常有物主代词或定冠词修饰。如:
He doesn’t know his left from his right. 他分不清左右。
(2) 表示“在左(右)边”,根据情况可用介词 on, at, to。如:
Keep to the left (right). 靠左(右)通行。
He sat on [at, to] my left. 他坐在我的左边。
The shop is on [at] the left of the road. 商店在马路左边。
若表示动态地“向”左(右)边,或指较远的距离时,通常要用介词to。如:
Then he looked to the left. 然后他向左边看。
The post office is a few yards to the right of the railway station. 邮局在火车站右边几百码处。
2. 用作形容词,通常只用作定语。如:
Raise your right hand. 举起你的右手。
On my left side stood Fred. 我的左侧站着弗雷德。
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3. 用作副词,注意其前不用介词或冠词。比较:
He looked neither right nor left. 他既不向右看也不向左看。
Turn left at the corner.=Turn to the left at the corner. 在拐角处向左拐。