4.2        Prepositions

Day 3    Phrasal Verbs

If you work hard enough, it is not difficult for you to master the use of prepositions.  However, sometimes the prepositions are not used alone, they form prepositional phrases with nouns, adjectives and verbs.  We are going to focus on prepositional phrases with verbs called phrasal verbs.

 如果你有好好用功，要學懂介詞一點也不難。但是，有時候介詞不是單獨使用，它們會和名詞，形容詞和動詞組成介詞短語。我們現在就看看和動詞組成的介詞短語 –短語動詞吧!

A phrasal verb is a combination of a verb and a preposition and this word group is used as a verb.  The same verb combined with various prepositions can mean total different things.  The only way to learn this well is to memorise the meaning.  We have listed some phrasal verbs here.  Study them by heart as you will find them really useful.

短語動詞是一個由動詞和介詞組成的組合，它們是被用作動詞的。同一個動詞，與不同的介詞組合就會有不同的意思。唯一一個去學好它們的方法就是牢記它們的意思。我們在下面列出了一些短語動詞。用心把它們記著啊! 因為你將會發現它們是非常有用的!

Phrasal Verb list

1. apply for : to request something officially 申請

e.g.: I want to apply for a job at that company.

2. apply to : to use something  on another object  將…應用於

 e.g.: I applied a spanner to the nut.

            I applied myself to my work.

3. a) believe someone/something : to think somebody is telling the truth, to think that something is true 相信某人或某事是真的

    e.g.: She told me a complicated story; I didn’t believe it/her.

    b) believe in something : to think something/somebody exists 相信某人或某事的存 在

    e.g.: I don't believe in God/ in Father Christmas.

    c) to believe in doing something : to think it is right to do something  相信某事是正確的

        e.g.: I don’t believe in giving money to beggars; I think the government should help them.

4. break through : to move through something that is intended to hold you back  突破

e.g.: After the storm the sun broke through the clouds.

5. come across : to meet someone by chance (= come upon) 偶遇；碰到

e.g.: We've just come across an old friend we haven't seen for ages.

6. deal with

     a) to take action in order to solve a problem 應付

     e.g.: He knows how to deal with his business rivals. 

     b) to relate to something 與...有關; 論述, 涉及

     e.g.: The book deals with this problem. 

     c) to do business with 交際, 打交道, (和...)來往

     e.g.: He is easy to deal with. 

7.  a) complain of :  to tell people you are suffering pain 抱怨；

          e.g. He complained of a headache.

     b) complain about : be critical of, make a fuss about  投訴

      e.g.: He complained to the waiter about the food.

8. look into

     a) to see from outside 向...的裏面看, 窺視; 流覽

     e.g.: look into a room 往房間裏窺視

     b) to examine the facts about a problem or situation  觀察, 調查

     e.g.: The committee is looking into the cause of the accident

9. look after : to take care of somebody or something 照看, 照管

 e.g.: Who will look after your father?

10. look for : to search for somebody or something

  e.g.: They are looking for the missing child

If you want to learn more about Phrasal Verbs, go to 7.1 Phrasal Verbs now!

如果你想學到更多Phrasal Verbs或知道更多它背後的規則，到7.1 Phrasal Verbs吧!