Lost ,missing ,gone的用法
(2012-01-29 17:01:05)
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Lost ,missing
,gone的用法
三者都可表"失去",但各有侧重点
1) lost是广义的"丢失",包含可找回和不能找回的意思。用于修饰物时,是“丢失了的”意思。
如:a lost pen,one’s lost youth;
lost一般不以被动形式表示“某东西被丢失”,通常不说:My money was
lost.正确的说法应是:I lost my money .或 My money is
missing.用于修饰人时是“迷途的”之意,如:a lost child
2) missing
强调某物或某人暂时找不着了(含最终可能找到之意有“失踪的,行踪不明的”之意),因此“小孩失踪”应用missing。修饰物时,意为“缺少的,不在的。”
eg:There is a page missing from this
book.
3) gone 的含义最广,包括"(东西)没了;(时间)过去了;(人)死了"等,而且语气肯定.
eg:He is gone.
His hair was nearly all gone.
小练习
(1) _______ time will never be found again.
(2) Someone reported to the police that a child was _______ .
(3)The old times are _______ forever.
Key:(1) Lost (2) missing / lost (3) gone