【正文】 rfective)I passed my GRE test six months ago.They moved to a new house some time ago.Tom left the pany last year. He’d started work there ten years before.I finally received a reply to the application I had applied for the scholarship weeks before. in, afterin + length of time: the time it takes to plete sth. (durative verb)a future time measured from the present (nondurative verb)after + a point of time / an event Columbus crossed the Atlantic in seventy days.Surely you can change a wheel in fifteen minutesYour photos will be ready in half an hour.The exhibition hall will open in six weeks.The train will be leaving in a few minutes. during, in: during, in: the time in which sth. happened*With a “time word”, we can use either in or during:It must have rained in / during the night.I’ll phone you sometime during / in the afternoon.*the noun after “during” must be premodified with a determiner。)Her hair hang about her neck. (她的頭發(fā)垂在脖子的左右。)The picture looks better at a distance. (這幅畫遠(yuǎn)看更好一些。”English preposition is free morpheme and occurring before nouns and pronouns to show the correlations among them, so it is also called as Function Word. It’s meaningless for an individual preposition and it need to be collocated with other words to achieve the various structural and relational meaning.In the following two chapters, the author will make a detailed study on the grammatical features of preposition and try to bring forth some of the frequently used skills for the translation of it from English to Chinese.Chapter 2 Grammatical Features of Prepositions Forms of Preposition Simple Prepositionsa. Preposition Only against, amid, among, at, bar, barring, concerning, considering, despite, during, except, excepting, failing, following, from, including, into, like, minus, of, pending, per, plus, regarding, respecting, to, times, toward, towards, unlike, upon, via, with, worthb. Preposition Conjunctionafter, as, but, for, save, than, till, untilc. Preposition /Adverb aboard, about, above, across, along, alongside, around, behind, below, beneath, besides, between, beyond, by, down, in, inside, less, near, off, on, opposite, over, outside, past, round, through, throughout, under, underneath, up, within, withoutd. Preposition / Conjunction / Adverb before, since Complex Prepositionsa. Twoword Prepositionas for, but for, except for, apart from, away from, ahead of, because of, instead of, out of, outside of, regardless of, according to, as to, due to, near to, next to, on to, owing to, prior to, up to, along with, together withb. Threeword Prepositionin case of, in charge of, in consequence of, in favour of, in front of, in lieu of, in need of, in place of, in quest of, in respect of, in search of, in terms of, in spite of, in view of, in accordance with, in mon with, in parison with, in pliance with, in conformity with, in connection with, in contact with, in line with, by means of, by virtue of, by way of, on account of, on behalf of, on top of, as far as, at variance with, in exchange for, in return for, in addition to, in relation to, with / in regard to, with / in reference to, with / in respect t,c. Fourword Prepositionin (the) face of, in (the) light of, on the part of, on the strength of, as a / the result of, at the expense of, at the hands of, for (the) sake of, with the exception o, Use of Preposition Prepositions of Spatial Relationsthe stative use: indicates a static locationthe dynamic use: indicates the direction of a movement MeaningPrepositionsLocation (stative)aboard, about, across, against, along, alongside, around, at, away from, beside, down, near, off, on, out of, past, round, through, up, uponabove, ahead of, amid(st), among, before, behind, below, beneath, between, beyond, by, in, in front of, inside, on top of, opposite, under, underneath, with, withinDirection (dynamic)from, into, onto, to, toward(s) At/On/Inat: associated with a pointon: associated with a line or the surface of sth.in: associated with an area or the volume of sth.Eg.Our train arrived at New York at midnight. (a spot on a map)She has lived in New York for twenty years. ( a city with houses, streets, etc.)London is situated on the River Thames. (a line)You may hang the picture on this wall. (surface)There is a hole in the wall.in China / Europe / the worldI’d prefer to put my desk at the window. (similar to by, beside, near, etc. indicate the intention to use the window for purpose)A face appeared in the window. (a framed area)The boy pressed his face on the window (the glass surface)He came in a car. (closed vehicles)Did you e on foot or on a horse?He was in the house yesterday afternoon. 他昨天下午在屋內(nèi)。由于介詞及介詞短語在英語中的使用頻率高,作用大, 且具備的強(qiáng)大的語法功能和時態(tài)意義,又可使表達(dá)生動、簡練, 因而給介詞及其短語的翻譯帶來了不小的困難。 grammatical feature。 Usage Classification。本文從研究介詞的語法特征入手，進(jìn)而探討介詞的翻譯相關(guān)策略：轉(zhuǎn)換法、增詞法、拆譯法、省譯法、逆譯法。He was at the house yesterday afternoon. 他昨天下午在家。)*at / in / on the corner at the corner in the corner on the corner Over, above, under, belowabove / below: a higher / lower position or levelover / under: a vertical relationship, “directly above” and “directly below”。) Between, amongbetween: two objects。 “in” followed by a noun with a predeterminer means special reference while by a noun without a predeterminer means general referenceShe did a lot for the army during / in the war.What did he say during / in my absence?Some birds fly to the south in summer.“during” gives emphasis to the continuity of an action, and implies “the whole process”。They strolled away together along this sweet.他們沿著街道一起溜走了。D: When preposition phrases are acted as plement, the preposition frequently could be converted to verb.Eg: Heat sets these particles in random motion. (objective plement)熱量使這些粒子做隨機(jī)運(yùn)動。Lincoln wanted to establish a government of the p