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preposition /əv/, strong form /ɒv/
/əv/, strong form /ʌv/
Idioms 属于(某人);关于(某人) - a friend of mine
我的一个朋友 - the love of a mother for her child
母亲对孩子的爱 - the role of the teacher
教师的角色 - Can't you throw out that old bike of Tommy's?
难道你就不能把汤米那辆旧自行车给扔掉? - the paintings of Monet
莫奈的画作
- a friend of mine
属于(某物);(某事)部分的;关于(某物) - the lid of the box
盒子盖 - the director of the company
公司的董事 - a member of the team
一名队员 - the result of the debate
辩论的结果
- the lid of the box
出身于(某背景);住在(某地) - a woman of Italian descent
意大利裔女子 - the people of Wales
威尔士人民
- a woman of Italian descent
关于,反映(某人或某事) - a story of passion
爱情故事 - a photo of my dog
我那只狗的照片 - a map of India
印度地图
- a story of passion
(用于表示性质、组成或涵盖)即,由…组成 - the city of Dublin
都柏林市 - the issue of housing
住房问题 - a crowd of people
一群人 - a glass of milk
一杯牛奶
- the city of Dublin
(用于表示计量、时间或年龄等) - 2 kilos of potatoes
两公斤马铃薯 - an increase of 2 per cent
2%的增长 - a girl of 12
12 岁的女孩 - the fourth of July
七月四日 - the year of his birth
他出生的那一年 - (old-fashioned) We would often have a walk of an evening.
我们过去常在晚上散步。
- 2 kilos of potatoes
(常用在 some、a few 等词语之后,表示人或物的所属)属于…的 - some of his friends
他的几位朋友 - a few of the problems
其中的几个问题 - the most famous of all the stars
最知名的一位明星
- some of his friends
(表示人或事的时空位置)在,当 - just north of Detroit
就在底特律以北 - at the time of the revolution
在革命的年代 - (North American English) at a quarter of eleven tonight (= 10.45 p.m.)
在今晚十一点差一刻
- just north of Detroit
(用于由动词转化的名词之后,of 之后的名词可以是受动者,也可以是施动者) - the arrival of the police (= they arrive)
警察的到来 - criticism of the police (= they are criticized)
对警察的批评 - fear of the dark
对黑暗的惧怕 - the howling of the wind
狂风的呼啸
- the arrival of the police (= they arrive)
(用于某些动词后,后接动作所涉及的人或事) - to deprive somebody of something
剥夺某人的东西 - He was cleared of all blame.
他所受的一切责难都澄清了。 - Think of a number, any number.
想一个数字,随便一个。
- to deprive somebody of something
(用于某些形容词后,后接与感情相关的人或事)因为,由于 - to be proud of something
为某事自豪
- to be proud of something
(用于对某人的行为发表看法) - It was kind of you to offer.
感谢你的好意。
- It was kind of you to offer.
- used when one noun describes a second one
(用于一个名词修饰另一个名词时) - Where's that idiot of a boy (= the boy that you think is stupid)?
那个傻小子在哪儿?
- Where's that idiot of a boy (= the boy that you think is stupid)?
词源Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch af and German ab, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin ab and Greek apo.
Idioms
of all
- used before a noun to say that something is very surprising
(用于名词前,表示某事着实令人吃惊)竟然,偏偏 - I'm surprised that you of all people should say that.
你竟然那么说,真让我吃惊!
- I'm surprised that you of all people should say that.
of all the…
- used to express anger
(用以表示愤怒) - Of all the nerve!
竟然如此厚颜无耻!
- Of all the nerve!