英语时间介词
时间介词,包含时间点和时间段两子类。
1. 表示时间点。常用介词on, in, at.
at:用于很短的时间和准确的数字前面。例如:
a. 用于具体的钟点前: at 10:00; at 5:45
b. 用于短暂的时刻前: at noon/ night/ midday/ midnight; at dusk(黄昏)/ sunset; at dawn(黎明)/ sunrise/ daybreak (黎明)
c. 用于进餐的时间前: at breakfast/lunch/supper(在早餐时/午餐时/晚餐时)
d. 用于年龄前面: at 14 =at the age of 14
e. 用于一些固定搭配中: at Christmas ·at New Year; at Thanksgiving(感恩节)
at first(起初) ·at last(终于); at the moment此时此刻; at that/this time; at this time of last summer; at a good/bad time of year; at the beginning/end of this month;
on:用于某天或者某几天。例如:
a. 用于日期前: on May 20th; on September 10th; on the morning of October 1, 1997; on the first day of summer holiday; on a sunny morning.
b. 用于星期前: on Saturday; on Sundays/weekdays/weekends
on Monday morning; on the afternoon of Thursday
on weekends = on the weekend = at weekends
c. 用于节假日前: on Teachers’ Day; on Christmas Day/Eve; on National Day; on Tom’s birthday
注意:
1. on holiday; on vacation: on表示正处于,正在进行中。
2. at: 指前后一段较短时间; at New Year(在新年期间) at Christmas (在圣诞节期间)
on: 指就在这一天; on New Year’s Day(在元旦那天) on Christmas Day (在圣诞节)
in: 表示一段较长时间内。
a. 用于泛指一天的上午、下午、傍晚: in the morning/afternoon/evening
b. 用于某个较长的时间: 年/月/季节 ·in May; ·in spring; ·in 2020; in the 21st century
· in the 2010s; in Tom’s fifties