dislike用法的重要说明
1. 用作名词,表示“不喜欢”、“讨厌”,注意区别两个短语的搭配:
(1) have [show] a dislike for [of] 不喜欢,讨厌。如:
I have a dislike for [of] cats. 我不喜欢猫。
(2) take a dislike to 不喜欢,讨厌。如:
He takes a dislike to her. 他不喜欢她。
2. 用作名词的 dislike 通常不接不定式,而接 to doing sth。如:
我非常讨厌打牌赌钱
误:I have a strong dislike to play cards for money.
正:I have a strong dislike to playing cards for money.
3. 用作动词,其后通常接名词或动名词作宾语,
在现代英语中通常不接不定式(这与其反义词 like 不同)。如:
We dislike cold weather. 我们不喜欢寒冷的天气。
He dislikes being spoken like that. 他讨厌那样跟他讲话。
通常不说:He dislikes to be spoken like that.
4. 动词 dislike 在现代英语中不仅不接不定式作宾语,而且通常也不接不定式的复合结构。如:
我讨厌他开我的车。
误:I dislike him to drive my car.
正:I dislike him [his] driving my car. (from www.yywords.com)
5. dislike 通常只用作及物动词,所以下面一句中其后的 it 不能省略(其后的 when 从句为状语从句而非宾语从句):
I dislike it when you whistle. 我讨厌你吹口哨。
■他不喜欢同她一起出去。
误:He dislikes to go out with her.
正:He dislikes going out with her.
析:与 like to do sth=like doing
sth不同,dislike(不喜欢)
后接动词时,在现代英语中通常只用动名词,不用不定式。尽
管偶尔可见后接不定式的用例,但已属过时用法,学生应试时
应避免。事实上现在已有不少正规考题都将 dislike
to dosth
纳入改错范围,如1996年硕士研究生入学试题(改错题):
Some bosses dislike to allow people to share theirresponsibilities;
they keep all important matterstightly in their own
hands.(注:dislike
后不定式用错,应改为动名词)。
■他不喜欢别人对他那样说话,是吗?
误:He dislikes being spoken to like that, does he?
正:He dislikes being spoken to like that, doesn’t
he?
析:陈述句部分有 dislike
时,其反意问句的疑问部分要用否定式。类例:
It’s
unfair, isn’t it? (这不公平,是吗?)
■我不爱听你吹口哨。
误:I dislike when you whistle.
正:I dislike it when you whistle.
析:dislike
在现代英语中通常只用作及物动词,其后不能没有宾语。注:
上句中
when 从句不能视为
dislike的宾语从句,它是一个状语从句(when=当...的时候),其中的
it 代替 you whistle 这件事。
■我非常讨厌打牌赌博。
误:I have a strong dislike to play cards for money.
正:I have a strong dislike to playing cards for money.
析:在 have a dislike
to(不喜欢)中,to是介词,不是不定式符号。注:
也可用
have a dislike for [of](不喜欢)。