whale + adverbial
whale 作不及物动词,后面接地点状语说明捕鲸海域。
The sailors whaled off the coast of Greenland.
水手们在格陵兰岛沿海捕鲸。
使惨败;猛揍
To hunt for whales.
捕鲸
hunt for whales
一般现在时
They whale for a living.
他们以捕鲸为生。
一般过去时
The crew whaled in the Arctic last year.
船员们去年在北极捕鲸。
现在进行时
He is whaling off the coast.
他正在海岸附近捕鲸。
规则动词,过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The villagers used to whale in these waters every spring.
村民们过去每年春天都会在这些水域捕鲸。
用法提示:此处 whale 为动词原形,跟在 used to 后,表示“捕鲸”。
They whaled near the coast until the government banned it.
他们在海岸附近捕鲸,直到政府禁止为止。
用法提示:此处 whaled 是 whale 的过去式,表示“捕鲸”这一动作。
Whaling has become a controversial industry.
捕鲸已经成为一个有争议的行业。
用法提示:此处 whaling 是 whale 的动名词形式,作主语,表示“捕鲸”这件事。
whale 作不及物动词,后面接地点状语说明捕鲸海域。
The sailors whaled off the coast of Greenland.
水手们在格陵兰岛沿海捕鲸。
for 后说明捕鲸的目的或所求之物。
They whaled for meat and blubber.
他们捕鲸以获取肉和鲸脂。
go + -ing 表示从事某项活动;这里 whaling 是 whale 的 -ing 形式。
They went whaling in the Antarctic.
他们去南极捕鲸。
grammar · medium
易错句子The sailors whaled whales in the North Atlantic.
正确表达The sailors whaled in the North Atlantic.
whale作动词时已包含“捕鲸”的意思,是不及物动词,不能再接whales作宾语。加上多余的宾语会使句子冗余且不合语法。
grammar · medium
易错句子They went to whale in the Antarctic.
正确表达They went whaling in the Antarctic.
表示去从事某项活动(如捕鲸、钓鱼)时,英语用“go + -ing”结构,即go whaling;而不说go to whale。动词原形whale在这种语境中不用于不定式。
grammar · medium
易错句子They banned whale in their waters.
正确表达They banned whaling in their waters.
表达“捕鲸这一活动”要用动名词whaling,不能用名词whale。ban whale的意思是“禁止鲸鱼(这种动物)”,语义不通;ban whaling才是“禁止捕鲸活动”。
去捕鲸
In the old days, many sailors would go whaling for months at a time.
在过去,许多水手会去捕鲸,一次数月。
捕鲸船
The museum displays a restored 19th-century whaling ship.
博物馆展出了一艘修复过的19世纪捕鲸船。
捕鲸业
The whaling industry once thrived along the New England coast.
捕鲸业曾在新英格兰沿海兴盛。
禁止捕鲸
Many countries have agreed to ban whaling to protect whale populations.
许多国家已同意禁止捕鲸,以保护鲸鱼种群。
捕鲸季节
The whaling season lasts only during the winter months.
捕鲸季节只持续冬季几个月。
捕鲸时使用的工具。
捕鲸的主要利用产物。
从事捕鲸的人或船只。
鲸鱼常成群活动,是捕鲸的目标群体。
鲸鱼的迁徙路线与捕鲸活动相关。
过得非常愉快;玩得非常开心
We had a whale of a time at the beach.
我们在海滩上玩得非常开心。
极大的难题;非常棘手的事
Fixing this old engine is a whale of a problem.
修理这台旧发动机是个极大的难题。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.
捕鲸船队
The whaling fleet set sail from the harbor at dawn.
捕鲸船队于黎明时分从港口出发。