learn 的用法及固定搭配

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1.learn有时是“学会”或“学得”,有时是“学习”,比较下面每组里的两句:

  • The boy will soon learn to swim.(学会、学得)
    I advise you to learn to swim.(学习)
  • Study hard, and you will learn the language quickly.(学会、学得)
    I am learning English from an excellent teacher.(学习)
  • Study hard, and you will learn quickly.(学会、学得)
    You must learn before you can acquire any skill or knowledge(学习)

2.learn后面接不定式比接动名词普通,那动名词通常指一种技术,比较下面各句:

  • I advise you to learn to swim(或swimming).
  • I advise you to learn to speak(不用speaking)more slowly.
  • I advise you to learn to be(不用being)polite.

3.I advise you to learn to be polite跟I advise you to learn how to be polite略有不同。第二句着重在“怎样…”

4.说“从(某人)学习…”在表示某人的词前面通常用from,有时用of,偶尔用with。例如:I am learning English from(或of,或with)an excellent teacher.

5.说“得悉”现在除了在whereabouts和cause(原因)两个词的前面以外,似乎总是用learn of而不用learn,如I have just learnt of his arrival (或success,accident,illness,death,marriage等)。