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1)动词+ with
a)动词+ with。with接对象或目标,意思为“与…,从…”:
agree with同意;适应, begin with从…开始, continue with继续, do with应付, deal with对付, fight with 与…作战, fool with愚弄, hurry with忙于, mix with与…混合在一起, meet with偶遇, play with把玩, quarrel with与某人争吵, reason with与某人评理, settle with与人协商。例如:
Let’s begin our class with an English song. 我们以一首英语歌开讲。
I meant to reason with you, but you won’t reason. 我本要与你理论理论,但你不愿意。
b)动词+ sth./sb. + with + sth./sb.。介词with意为“以,用”:
compare with 与…比较, combine with与…混合, equip with以…装备, feed with用…喂养, furnish with用…装饰, provide with提供, replace with以…替代, supply with供给。例如:
Education must be combined with productive labour.教育应与生产力相结合。
They replaced slave labour with machines. 他们用机器代替奴工。
2)be +形容词/过去分词+ with。介词with表示情绪的原因、凭借等意思:
be angry with 恼怒, be annoyed with使烦恼, be busy with忙于, be bored with使烦心, be burdened with担负, be crowded with拥挤着, be connected with与…联系, be covered with覆盖着, be concerned with关心, be content with对…满意, be disappointed with失望于, be delighted with对…感到高兴, be engaged with忙碌于, be exhausted with由于…而极度疲倦, be filled with充满, be familiar with熟悉, be friendly with对…友好, be occupied with忙碌, be overcome with极为, be popular with受…欢迎, be patient with对…有耐心, be pleased with 对…高兴, be satisfied with满意于, be strict with对…严格, be wrong with有毛病, be wild with因…而欣喜。例如:
He was much annoyed with his son’s behavior. 他对儿子的行为相当恼火。
I’m fully occupied with my daily work. 我忙碌于日常事务。
When he caught sight of her, he was overcome with despair. 看到她,他非常失望。
3)动词+副词/介词短语+with构成的词组: catch up with赶上, do away with废除, fall in love with爱上, get together with与…联欢,keep in touch with保持联系,keep up with赶上。
综上所述,常用介词搭配在英语中极其丰富,意义复杂多变。在此不可能全部罗列出来,但掌握以上这些搭配,应付托福考试应该是绰绰有余了。