名词作介词宾语
大部分介词的宾语都是由名词(包括代词)充当的,如:under the tree, during the day, 这一考点在题中多次出现
例题:
(1)
The development of mechanical timepieces spurred the search for ----with which to regulate them.
(A) more accurate than sundials
(B) more accurate sundials
(C) sundials more accurately
(D) more accurately than sundials
答案:B
解释:search for缺少宾语, 只有B是表达无误的名词词组, 可以作宾语;其他选项的比较形式都有错。
(2)
Different species of octopuses may measure anywhere from two inches to over thirty feet in long.
应改为:in length.
解释:long 是形容词, 不能单独接在介词之后, 其名词形式length与in构成介宾短语, 表示长度