be carousing
用于进行时,描述正在进行的痛快饮酒活动。
The group was carousing late into the night.
这群人痛饮狂欢到深夜。
痛饮,闹饮欢宴
先理解核心含义,再看它在真实句子里的用法。
痛饮,闹饮欢宴
engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking
现在进行时
They are carousing in the pub until late.
他们正在酒吧里痛饮到深夜。
一般过去时
He caroused with his friends last night.
他昨晚和朋友一起闹饮欢宴。
规则动词,注意重音在第二个音节。
After the final exams, the students were carousing late into the night.
期末考试结束后,学生们痛饮欢宴直至深夜。
用法提示:carousing 在此句中作现在分词,表示‘痛饮欢宴’的动作。
We could hear the group carousing loudly from across the street.
我们隔着街都能听到那群人闹饮欢宴的声音。
用法提示:carousing 作为现在分词修饰 the group,描述其行为。
He regretted carousing so much at the party when he woke up with a terrible headache.
当他醒来头痛欲裂时,后悔在派对上喝得太多、闹得太欢。
用法提示:carousing 作为动名词,充当 regretted 的宾语,表示‘过度饮酒作乐’的行为。
用于进行时,描述正在进行的痛快饮酒活动。
The group was carousing late into the night.
这群人痛饮狂欢到深夜。
固定搭配,表示去参加狂欢饮酒活动。
They went carousing after the exam.
考试后他们去闹饮欢宴。
grammar · medium
易错句子They carousing all night.
正确表达They were carousing all night.
现在分词作谓语时必须与be动词连用构成进行时,否则句子不完整。中文学习者常遗漏be动词,因为中文没有对应的系动词变化。
grammar · medium
易错句子I had a carousing with friends.
正确表达I went carousing with friends.
carousing是动词的现在分词或动名词,不可用作可数名词,因此不能加冠词a。正确使用动名词作宾语时要用go carousing结构。
Carousal 是名词,指闹饮欢宴的活动;carousing 是动词的现在分词,指正在痛饮的行为。
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