care about,care for和care with都有“关心”、“担心”的意思,细微区别为:
一、在表示“介意”、“计较”意思时,要用care about.
例句:
1、He doesn't care about his clothes.
他不讲究衣着。
2、I don't much care about going.
我不太想去。
二、在表示“关怀”、“照顾”、“愿意...”的意思时,要用care for.
例句:
1、We must care for the younger generation.
我们们必须关怀年轻的一代。
2、Would you care for a walk after supper?
晚饭后去散散步好吗?
三、详细释义不同
1、care about 对...关心
例句:I care about you a lot
我很关心你
2、care for 关照,照顾
例句:I will take time off work to care for my mother
我会请假去照顾妈妈
3、care with 对... 小心
例句:Use great care with this dangerous substance
小心处理这个危险的物质
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① vi. They might fail, but they didn’t care. 他们可能会失败,但他们不在乎。
I don’t care if I never see him again. 即便我永远再也见不到他,我也不在乎。
② vt. I’ll go. I don’t care what happens. 不管发生什么,我都要去。
I don’t care whom you will go together with. 我并不介意你要和谁一起去。
★care与for或about连用,意为“关心”“爱护”。care for作“照顾”解时,可用于被动语态。如:
① We should care for/about each other. 我们应该互相关心。
② The children are well cared for in the nursery. 孩子们在托儿所受到很好的照顾。
★care后接动词不定式或介词for/about,意为“喜欢”“愿意”“对……感兴趣”,用于否定句和疑问句中,不可用于被动语态。如:
① He might not care to go. 他也许不想去。
② She didn’t care to be disturbed. 她不愿意被打扰。
③ Rose doesn’t care about money. 罗斯对钱不感兴趣。
④ I don’t care for the place. 我不喜欢这个地方。
★care作名词用时,除了作“关心”“照顾”“忧虑”等解以外,还有“小心”“谨慎”“保护”“管理”“责任”“可忧虑的事(原因)”等。如:
① I retired last year. Now I am a man free from care duty.
我去年退休了。现在我是个无工作之忧的人了。
② Mr James is old, but can not be free from the care of his big family.
詹姆士先生已经老了,但是仍摆脱不了养活一大家子的负担。
③ Our house is under the care of my uncle’s, when we all go abroad.
在我们全家出国期间,我们的房子交由叔叔家照管。
④ This is very fragile. Please handle with care! 这是易碎品。请小心轻放!
⑤ Care has made him look at least six years older than his age.
忧虑使他看上去比实际年龄至少老六岁。
★take care of(=look after)意为“照料”。如:
The baby must be taken good care of. 这婴儿一定要很好地照料。
★take care of还要作“对付”“应付”解。如:
Don’t worry; I can take care of it. 别担心,我能对付它。
【注】与care相关的词组及复合词:
care of转交往往被缩写为c/o,多用于信封上。
care-taker守门者;管理员 care-worn (因担心、劳苦而)消瘦憔悴的
★care加后缀-ful和-less分别构成形容词careful和careless。careful的意思是“细心的”“谨慎的”;careless的意思主要有“粗心的”“不在乎的”等。如:
① On the whole, he is a careful person. 总的来说,他是个细心的人。
② Be careful with your health. 注意你们的身体健康。
③ That is our careful selection. 那是我们谨慎的选择。
④ No such careless mistake is allowed once more. 如此粗心的错误绝不允许再次发生。
⑤ Being young men, we should be careless of hardship. 作为年轻人,我们不应该怕吃