practise的用法小结
1)practise用作及物动词时后面可接名词、动名词,不能接不定式。practise的基本意思是“练习”、“训练”,也可用来表示“实行”和“开业从事于”。如:
①She has been practising the some tune on the piano for nearly an hour.
她在钢琴上一直练同一个调子已近一个小时了。
②They”re practising singing the new song.
他们正在练习唱那首新歌。
③We practised pronouncing the sound again and again.
我们一遍又一
遍地练习发这个音。④It”s very important to practise listening.
练习听力是非常重要的。
⑤He practised tennis/the piano for two hours every day.
他每天下午练两个小时网球/钢琴。
⑥Our income is getting smaller and we have to practise economy.
我们的收入变少了,所以只好厉行节约。
⑦He began to practise medicine/the law in his early twenties.
他在二十刚出头时就开业行医/开始做律师了。
2)practise可用作不及物动词
① Practise more and you”ll make progress.
勤练习,你一定会进步的。
②Don” t forget to practise after class. 课后别忘了练习。
【注意】 practise的名词是 practice,两词发音一样,practice为不可数名词。Practice makes perfect. 是一句谚语,意思是“熟能生巧”。 put the idea into practice表示“把思想付诸实践”。
Before she went abroad, she spent as much time as she could________English.
to practise to speak
practising speaking
to practise speaking
practising to speak
答:
B,在她出国之前,她用了很多时间练习英语。
这里考查两个动词的搭配。
第一个,spend time on sth/ in doing sth , in可省略,花时间做某事
第二个,practise 后接动名词,不接不定式。
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