中式英语之鉴:刷新
日期:2009-03-17 14:27

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375. 大赛在即,每个动力员都在努力训练,以期刷新自己以前的纪录。


[误] The game is at hand and every athlete is training hard to improve their previous records.


[正] The game is at hand and every athlete is training hard to improve on their previous records.


:improve 指“改善,提高”,如 improve one\'s language ability(提高某人的语言能力)。在英国人看来,以前的纪录(previous records)是既成事实,不可能再加以改变(improve)了,所以应该在 improve 后面加上介词 on,以表示创造新的、更高的纪录。

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重点单词
  • athleten. 运动员
  • previousadj. 在 ... 之前,先,前,以前的