详解介词at

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详解介词at

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1. 某人, 事或物的地点:
We're staying at a hotel. (住在旅馆. 请注意, at可用在小地方或地点, 如果用在大城市, 国家, 洲的话, 您要使用in)
The kitchen is at the back of the house. (厨房在房子后面)
He was sitting at the table. (坐在桌边)
They left for Cambridge early and arrived at [=in] Cambridge before noon. (离开去剑桥以及在中午之前抵制剑桥)
The party will be at Susan's house. = The party will be at Susan's. (在苏珊家举行派对)
Ann works at [=in] a library. (安在图书馆工作)
We met at a party. (我们是在派对上认识的)
They live at opposite ends of town. (他们住在城镇的另一端)
They met at [=on] a street corner in a town. (他们在镇上的一处街角遇到的)
“Is your father at home?” [=is your father home?] “No, he's working late at the office.” (“你父亲在家吗?” “不在, 他在办公室加班”)
She met us at the door. (她在大门跟我见面)
He was standing at [=next to] the window. (他站在窗旁)
There were 200 people at the wedding. [=200 people attended the wedding] (婚礼上有两百人)
Their older son has graduated, but their younger son is still at school. [=is still attending school] (大儿子已经毕业, 但是小儿子仍在读书)
Who was at the controls when the accident occurred? (在事故发生时, 是谁负责控制装置?)

提醒: 我们在念电邮地址(email address)时, 例如: comments@Merriam-Webster.com, @这个字应该念at.

2. 指引或瞄准的对象:
She pointed her gun at the target. (把枪对准目标)
He's angry at his brother. (生他兄弟的气)
His anger is directed at his brother. (他的愤怒是针对他的兄弟的)
She shouted (words of) abuse at me. (对我骂脏话)
He looked directly at me. (凝视着我)
They laughed at him. (他们笑他)
She grabbed at my arm. [=she tried to grab my arm] (她抓向我的膀臂)
He poked at his food. (拨弄食物)

3. 被尝试的对象:
I made an attempt at persuading him to go. (尝试说服他一起走)
I took a shot at doing it myself. [=I tried to do it myself] (尝试着自己做)

4. 因为, 由于或对…的反应:
They laughed at my joke. (由于我的笑话, 他们大笑)
She's furious at how slowly the investigation is proceeding. —used to indicate the cause of an action, feeling, etc. (由于调查进行缓慢, 她极为愤怒)
I was greatly surprised at [=by] the result. [=the result surprised me greatly] (这个结果令我极为惊讶)
He enlisted in the army at his father's urging. [=because his father urged him to] (在他父亲的敦促下, 他应征入陆军)
She visited the museum at my suggestion. (在我的建议下, 她参观博物馆)
They came here at our invitation. (在我邀请下, 他们来访)
You can act at your own discretion. (随你自己的意见做你的事)

5. 活动:
He's very serious when he's at work. [=when he's working] (他工作时很严肃)
children who are at play [=children who are playing] (在玩耍的小朋友)
She's good at (playing) chess. [=she plays chess well] (她下棋很在行)
I'm bad at cooking. [=I'm a bad cook, I do not cook well] (我菜烧得不怎么样)
She's doing very well at her studies. (她功课非常好)

6. 状况, 情况:
I'm not at liberty to discuss that. (我不可随意讨论那件事)
at rest (休息)
two nations that are at war (两国交战中)
people who are at risk (濒临危险的人们)
He is now at peace. (他现在平静下来了)

7a. 在度量衡上或系列上的一点:
The temperature is at 90 degrees. (现在温度是90度)
He was driving at almost 80 miles an hour. (他正以时速80英哩驾驶)

7b. 价格, 定价:
They sell at [=for] a dollar a dozen. [=each dozen costs one dollar] (一打一块钱)

8. 年龄, 时间:
He plans to retire at (age) 65. (计画在65岁退休)
He called us at (about/exactly) 9 o'clock on July 24. (在七月24号九点钟, 他打电话给我们)
at dawn/noon/sunset/night (在黎明/中午/黄昏/晚上)
I still think of her at certain moments/times. (在某时刻, 我仍然想念她)
He was president of the company at (the time of) his death. (在他死亡时刻他是公司的董事长)

9. 处理方式:
The property was sold at auction. (房地产由拍卖方式卖出)

10a. 以短语像: at best, at worst, 等等指出可能的或考虑到的最佳, 最糟结局或状况:
The company will make a small profit at best this year. [=it is not possible that the company will earn anything better/more than a small profit] (这家公司充其量也不过赚点小盈余)
We might be 5 or 10 minutes late at worst. [=we will not be more than 5 or 10 minutes late] (最糟我们不过会迟到五到十分钟)
We should arrive by noon at the latest. [=we should not arrive later than noon] (最迟我们将会在中午前到达)

10b. 以短语像: at best, at worst, 等等指出某人, 事或物尽可能的好, 坏:
This is baseball at its best. (这个是最好的棒球赛)
He's often rude, and last night he was at his worst. (他经常粗鲁无礼, 昨晚他的行为是最糟的)