learn可以用作及物動詞和不及物動詞。今天總結常用動詞learn的常見用法、使用注意事項及要點。
一、learn的常見用法
1.learn指“學;學習;學到;學會”。比如:I have learned a lot from reading.我從閱讀中學了許多東西。I have learned English for ten years.我學英語十年了。He is learning to play the piano.他正在學彈鋼琴。I learned a lot from my father.我從父親那里學到了許多東西。
2.learn表示“獲悉,得知”,常與of搭配使用,也可以跟that從句。比如:When did you learn of his son's success?你什么時候得知他兒子成功的消息? I learnt of her arrival from a close friend.我從一位好友那里聽說她到了。We were very surprised to learn (that) she had got married again.我們聽說她又結婚了,感到很驚訝。
3.learn指“記住;背熟;熟記”。比如:He learned this song two years ago.他兩年前學會了這首歌。He learned the poem so he could recite it at the dinner.他記住了這首詩,所以在宴會上能背誦出來。
4. learn指“(從……中)吸取(教訓)”。常與from連用。比如:He has learned from his mistakes.他已從錯誤中吸取了教訓。The company failed to learn any lessons from this experience.公司未能從這次經歷中吸取任何教訓。
二、learn的考點及要點
1.learn作及物動詞時,常用動詞不定式的一般式加疑問詞加不定式詞組,表示“學會干什么”,考試中常考不定式形式。比如:You ought to learn how to be patient.你要學會耐心。
2.考試常考learn構成的一些詞組。比如:learn from從……學習,向……學習;learn……by heart記熟,背下來。比如:
We've come here to learn from you.我們到這里來是向你們學習的。The text is too long for us to learn by heart.這篇課文太長了,我們背不下來。
三、learn與study
learn與study近義。learn多指初級階段的學習,尤其指通過模仿而學會某種東西,一般強調結果。比如:The boy had learnt two hundred words.這個男孩已經學會了200個詞。
study有時可與learn互換使用,但是常指通過較高深,較系統的研究而獲得某種知識,一般強調學習過程。比如:We study for knowledge, not for marks.我們是為求知而學,不是為分數而學。