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真的不可以说“catch on fire”? | |||
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真的不可以说catch on fire?
■本站特约作者 李 翔
曹焰主编《英语正误用法指南》(商务印书馆2005年10月第1版) p246: W: The house caught on fire. R: The house caught fire. catch fire是习语,表示“点燃”,“着火” [ignite; start to burn], 中间无须再加介词。 从以上可以看出该书认为catch fire是正确的,而 catch on fire是错误的。然而很多词典都认为不仅catch fire是正确的,而且 catch on fire也是正确的。例如 葛传槼主编的《新英汉词典》(上海译文出版社2000年12月第1版)p479就有这样的论述: catch (on) fire 1. 着火, 开始燃烧: Cotton catches fire easily. 棉花易燃。2. 得到广泛(或热情)支持;激起热情 除此之外,以下词典也持这样的观点: 1. (日)田中茂范等主编 杨文江等译《外研社英汉多功能词典》(外语与教学研究出版社2008年7月第1版)p791:catch (on) fire ①(偶然地)着火:A candle fell over and a curtain caught fire.蜡烛倒了,少找了窗帘。 ②(状况、事件)变得有趣,气氛热烈起来:The game caught fire as soon as the second half began.下半场比赛刚开始就高潮迭起。 2. 张道真编著的《现代英语用法词典》(重排本) (外语教学与研究出版社1994年10月第1版)P498:catch(on) fire 燃着,着火 First the curtain caught on fire and then the bedclothes. (Whitford) The little girl was severely burned when her dress caught on fire. (Wood) 通过查阅《现代英语用法词典》(重排本)引用文献可知: ① (Whitford) 代指 H. C. Whitford主编的 A Handbook of American Idioms and Idiomatic Usage(1953) 及 Handbook of American Idioms and Idiomatic Usage (by Harald C. Whitford and Robert J. Dixon, revesed and expanded)(1973) 在Harald C. Whitford and Robert J. Dixon 主编的Handbook of American Idioms and Idiomatic Usage New Edition ( Regents Publishing Company 1973)P49上可以查到:fire, catch on fire begin to burn:- First the curtain caught on fire and then the bedclothes. ② (Wood)代指 F. T. Wood, Current English Usage (1962), English Verbal Idioms(1973)和 English Prepositional Idioms (1979) 3. 在 Frederick T. Wood 主编的English Prepositional Idioms(First edition 1967 reprinted 1970)P256上可以查到: The little girl was severely burned when her dress caught on fire. With catch on fire the on is often omitted (“Her dress caught fire”), … 4. Richard A. Spears主编的 McGraw-Hill’s Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs P91: catch (on) fire to ignite and burn with flames. Keep your coat away from the f lames, or it will catch fire. The curtains blew against the flame of the candle and caught on fire. 5. Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM (v. 4.0) (© Oxford University Press 2009): fire 2. b. to catch, take fire (set on fire): to become ignited Also(colloq. or vuglar), to catch on fire 1866 CONWAY Living or Dead X, Now, don’t catch on fire like that, Philip.
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