表示“做某事的勇气”,其后通常接不定式。如:
He lacks the courage to speak the
truth.
他缺乏说实话的勇气。
She was trying to summon up the courage
to leave him.
当时她试图鼓足勇气离开他。
注意courage后接不定式时,其前有时有定冠词,有时没有,比如
在have the courage to do
sth(有勇气做某事)中通常要用定冠词,
在take [gain, gather] courage to do
sth(鼓起勇气做某事)中通常没有定冠词,
而在find (the) courage to do
sth(鼓起勇气做某事)中的定冠词可以用也可以省略。如:
She didn’t have the courage to tell
him the truth.
她没有勇气告诉他实情。
It takes courage to speak out against
the tide of opinion.
跟舆论唱反调需要勇气。
有时courage后接in doing
sth,表示“做某事时(表现出来的)勇气”。如:
She has shown immense courage in
opposing a corrupt and violent regime.
她在反对腐败残暴的政权时表现出了大无畏的精神。
注意,下面一句中courage后的不定式不是定语,而是句子主语:
It may require courage to speak freely.
要有勇气才能直言不讳。
经典考题:
1.I don't think I have the c to
tell John the bad news.
2. Ted showed great
c when
he saved the children from the burning house
.
Keys:
1. courage 2.
courage
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