标题: 一“字”之差 谬以千里 [打印本页] 作者: Cammy 时间: 2012-6-20 15:16 标题: 一“字”之差 谬以千里 英文里的介词有时会让我们感觉很混乱，它们在句子里虽然不显眼，但是作用却很关键，用错一个介词意思可能会完全不同。今天我们就来看看on a cloud, under a cloud 以及in the clouds的意思有多大的差别。
1 、on a cloud
On a cloud是很高兴的意思，高兴得走路轻飘飘，好像腾云驾雾一样。
例如：I've been on a cloud all day long--I heard this morning that I got an A on my final biochemistry exam.
我今天一天都很高兴，因为我早上听说，我生化期末考试得了一个A。
又如：My wife has been on a cloud since I told her the other day I would spend my year-end bonus at the office to take us to Hawaii to celebrate our twentieth wedding anniversary. And to tell you the truth, I'm really looking forward to it myself.
任何人under a cloud是绝不会高兴的，因为他不是丢尽了面子，就是被怀疑做了什么坏事。Under a cloud是丢面子、被怀疑的意思。
下面是一个人在讲另外一个被逮捕的人，这人被指控和贩毒有关：
The judge had to let him go because there wasn't enough evidence against him. But he's going around under a cloud because most people think he's guilty.
又如：See that man sitting at the table by himself? He's supposed to be a very smart lawyer, but he's been under a cloud ever since he was mixed up in a scandal involving a company that was run by a mobster.
我们每个人恐怕都有白日做梦的时候。有的时候，我们一边走路，一边在想心事，或者是一边做什么事，一边在想其他事情，身边发生什么事全然没有注意到。美国人把这叫做：in the clouds。In the clouds可以解释为：心不在焉，思想开小差。
例如：Sally is my best friend but she walked right past me today, and didn't even say hello. Her head certainly was in the clouds--she looked like her mind was a thousand miles away.