
"She was eating a banana" "What did you eat for dinner last night?"
"We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls" "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation"
"This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat" "What do whales eat?"
"What's eating you?"
"this car consumes a lot of gas" "We exhausted our savings" "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
"The acid corroded the metal" "The steady dripping of water rusted the metal stopper in the sink"
误 Please eat as you like.
正 Please help yourself.
析 表示“随便吃”,一般说help yourself, eat不含“随便”之义。
花生吃起来很可口。误 Peanuts eat delicious.
正 Peanuts are delicious.
析eat不可与形容词delicious连用,因为delicious本身就是“吃起来可口”的意思。
他快速地吃过早饭。误 He ate a breakfast quickly.
正 He ate his breakfast quickly.
正 He had a breakfast quickly.
析eat a breakfast, lunch, supper等不合习惯,应该把a改为his, her, your等物主代词,或把eat改成have。
医生告诉他一天吃三次药。误 The doctor told him to eat the medicine three times a day.
正 The doctor told him to take the medicine three times a day.
析 表示“吃药”这一概念时,一般说take medicine或have medicine,不说eat medicine。
他不知道怎样用筷子来吃东西。误 He doesn't know how to use chopsticks to eat with.
正 He doesn't know how to use chopsticks to eat.
正 He doesn't know how to eat with chopsticks.
析 表示“用筷子”,可说use chopsticks或with chopsticks, with含有“用”的意义,故用use就不必再用with。
毕业后我一直在家吃饭。误 I have eaten at home since my graduation.
正 I have been eating at home since my graduation.
析eat用于现在完成时必须带宾语,如不带宾语则须用现在完成进行时。
他说他一周内还我钱,但他失信了。误 He said he would pay me back the money within a week, but he ate his word.
正 He said he would pay me back the money within a week, but he broke his word.
析eat one's word和break one's word意思不同,前者意为“认错道歉,收回前言”,后者才是“食言,失信”的意思。