托福词汇：词序不同，词义不同

当中，有一些词汇调换词序，词义甚至会产生截然不同的变化，因此在考试当中，各位考生一定要注意这类词汇，接下来，小编给大家通过一些例子来展示词序与语义之间的关系。希望能给大家的带来帮助。

例：

①The committee as a whole pointed out that the world economic situation had improved.

② The committee pointed out that the world economic situation as a whole had improved.

第一句指的是“全部的委员”;第二句却影射“整体的经济局势”。同样一个片语，所指有所不同。

③ The couple don‘t have much money to spend on their foreign trip.

④ The couple don‘t have to spend much money on their foreign trip.

第三句说“钱不够用”;第四句却说“不必多用钱”。“没有钱可花”和“有钱不必多花”，呈强烈对照，词序的影响，由此可见一斑!

⑤ Even the government officers admitted that some tax measures were unfair.

⑥ The government officers admitted that even some tax measures were unfair.

第五句的意思是：每个人，包括政府官员，都承认有些税务措施不公平。第六句的意思是：政府官员承认，许多事情，税务措施不公平。

前者焦点在“人”;后者则在“事”。

⑦ In vain did David try to prevent the job from being done.

⑧ David tried to prevent the job from being done in vain.

⑨ Approaching the shop， Helen noticed two strangers.

⑩ Helen noticed two strangers approaching the shop.

⑦里的“in vain”(无结果)指的是大卫的行动;⑧里的不是指人的行动，而是指“在进行中的工作”。

⑨里讲的是“海伦走向银行时，注意到两个陌生人”;⑩里指的是“两个陌生人走向银行时，引起海伦的注意”。

最后，给大家留一道作业题，以下两个词，哪个表达的意思是“防暴警察”？   A： RIOT POLICE     B： POLICE RIOT

点击此处获取答案哦~今天关于词序的分享就到这里，如果同学们对于考试或有任何的问题，~

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