【佳句賞析】
詞組dawn on sb.
佳中
It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasksof life
that themeaning and shape of great whole of life dawnon you.
—— Philips Brooks
在你不厭其煩地操勞于生活的瑣事的過程中,你才能領(lǐng)悟整個(gè)生活的意義及其多彩。
——飛利浦·布魯克斯

這句名言中用了動(dòng)詞短語 dawn on , dawn 這個(gè)詞你應(yīng)該知道吧,作名詞是
“黎明”的意思,作動(dòng)詞是“破曉”意思。
dawn on sb. 是固定短語,也可說dawn upon sb.其意思是:漸漸被某人明
白;使某人領(lǐng)悟;使某人意識(shí)到。例如:The truth begantodawnupon thepoor
man. 這個(gè)可憐的人慢慢明白了真相。
在《喬布斯傳》里,有這么一個(gè)句子:
Then a more disconcerting discovery began to dawn on him: Hewas smarter than his parents. He had always admired his father'scompetence and
savvy.
然后他又漸漸明白并發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個(gè)讓他困惑不安的事實(shí):他比他的父母更聰明。他
一直很崇拜父親的能力和悟性。
● 常用 Itdawn(s/ed)on sb. that …… 句型結(jié)構(gòu)。
1)It slowlydawned on me that I still loved what I did.
我漸漸明白過來,我仍然熱愛著過去我所做的一切。
2)It had justdawnedonhim that he hadbeen fooled by the woman.
他才意識(shí)到自己被這個(gè)女人愚弄了。
3)I was about to payfor the shopping when it suddenly dawned on me thatI’d
left my wallet at hom.
我正要付購物的錢,忽然意識(shí)到我把錢包落在了家里。
4)It dawned on her that nobody can come upwith a convincing explanation for
this.
她漸漸明白沒有人能對(duì)這個(gè)問題給出令人信服的解釋。
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