burned与burnt的用法区别
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burned与burnt的用法区别
1. 在美国英语中,动词
burn 为规则动词,其过去式和过去分词均为 burned;
He burned
[burnt] the old letters. 他把旧信烧掉了。
The house was
burned [burnt] to the ground. 房子被烧成了灰烬。
Is this wood
dry enough to burn? 这木柴干得可以烧了吗?
We ran out of
coal, and had to burn
wood. 煤烧完了,只好烧木头。
The fire
which lights [warms] us at a distance will burn us when
near. 火在远处是明灯,火在近处烧灼人。
They also
give us food to eat and oil to
burn. 它们也给我们提供吃的食物和燃烧的石油。
Do not, under
any circumstances, attempt to burn the money
yourselves. 在任何情况下,都不要企图自己烧毁纸币。
As one of my
friends told me “To burn fat, you need to eat
fat”. 就如我的一个朋友告诉我的“要燃烧脂肪就要吃脂肪”。
2.
用于名词前作定语时,无论在英国英语还是美国英语中,通常都用 burnt。如:
Look at the
burnt sugar. 瞧这烧焦了的糖。
He showed me
his burnt finger. 他给看了它烧伤的手指。
He had a skin
graft on the burnt leg. 他烧伤的腿上做了皮肤移植。
另外,作表语时也通常用burnt。如:
Your hand
looks badly burnt. 你的手好像受了很重的烫伤。
3.
以上区别也适合于以下各组词:learned / learnt, spoiled / spoilt, smelled / smelt,
dreamed / dreamt, spelled / spelt 等。如:
He learned
[learnt] the poem at school. 他在学校学过那首诗。
I dreamed
[dreamt] about flying last night. 昨晚我梦见我在飞翔。
作定语时通常都用不规则形式。如:
Stop acting
like spoilt children! 别再像惯坏的孩子那样胡闹了。
Look at these
misspelt words. 看看这些拼错的单词吧。
The spilt
milk made a terrible mess on the carpet.
牛奶洒在地毯上弄得一塌糊涂。
特例:learned
men 学者。
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