使用 suggest 的五個錯點

使用suggest的五個錯點

錯點一 誤用不定式作賓語要表示漢語的“建議做某事”，英語通常用 suggest doing sth，而不能用 suggest to do sth。

例：他建議坐飛機去，可我認為這樣花費太大。

正：He suggested going by plane, but I thought it would cost too much.

誤：He suggested to go by plane, but I thought it would cost too much.

湯姆建議把房子賣了，但是安表示反對。

正：Tom suggested selling the house but Ann was against it.

正：Tom suggested to sell the house but Ann was against it. 

錯點二 誤接不定式的複合結構作賓語漢語通常說“建議某人做某事”，但英語習慣上不能說 suggest sb to do sth，而說suggest sb’s [sb]doing sth。也就是說，suggest sb’s [sb]doing sthsuggest 後不僅不接不定式，而且也不接不定式的複合結構。

例：他建議我們早點動身。

正：He suggested that we leave earlier.

誤：He suggested us to leave earlier.

當然，我們也可以用後接 that

當然，我們亦都可以用後接從句的形式來表達此意思(注意謂語用 “should+動詞原形”這樣的虛擬語氣形式)。如：

I suggest that we (should) have lunch right now.

我建議我們現在就吃午飯。

He suggests that we should all go to see the film.

他建議我們都去看電影。

比較以下同義表達：

例：他建議他們在沒有聽到事實真相之前什麼都別說。

正：He suggested (should) not saying anything till they heard the facts.

正：He suggested saying nothing about it till they heard the facts.正：He suggested that they shouldn’t say anything till they heard the facts. 

錯點三 混用其後賓語從句的語氣suggest 後接賓語從句時，從謂語既可用陳述語氣，也可用虛擬語氣，其區別與 suggest所表示的意思有關：

1. 若suggest 表示“建議”，則其後接的 that 從句謂語通常用“(should)+動詞原形”這樣的虛擬語氣形式。如：

I suggested that she should go home.

我建議她回家去。

She suggested that I (should) be the leader.

她提議由我來做領導人。

2. 若suggest 表示“暗示“”“意指”“表明”等義，則其後接的 that 從句要用陳述語氣。如：

What he said suggested that he was a cheat.

他說的話表明他是個騙子。

Are you suggesting that I’m not suited for the job?

你的意思是說我不適合做這工作？ 

錯點四 其後誤接雙賓語其後誤接雙賓語要表示向某人提出某情況，suggest後不能接雙賓語，即不能用suggest sb sth，而通常用 suggest sth to sb。

例：我向她提出一個解決問題的辦法。

正：I suggested a way out to her.

誤：I suggested her a way out.

若其中的直接賓語比較複雜(比如是that 從句)時，可考慮改用 suggest to sb sth。

例：我向他建議我們應該用另一種方式處理這個問題。

正：I suggested to him that we should tackle the problem another way.

誤：I suggested him that we should tackle the problem another way.

錯點五 忽略相關衍生名詞的相關用法按英語習慣，suggest的衍生名詞suggestion也具有與其詞根動詞相似的用法，如當suggestion表示“建議”時，若其後接一個that引導的賓語從句，則該從句也習慣上要用“should+引導的賓語從句，則該從句也習慣上要用”這樣的虛擬語氣。如：

The suggestion that shops should open on Sundays led to a heated discussion.

關於商店星期日也應該營業的提議，引起了激烈的爭論。

There was a suggestion that Brown should be dropped from the team.

有一項建議是布朗應該離隊。