exchange...with还是exchange...to
After exchanging a few wordshim, she left quickly.
请问这两个介词选什么?还是两者均可?
新课标人教版高中英语教程必学四, 在50页训练中出现的这个问题,原句是:
Afterexchanginga few words to him, she left quickly. Where do you think she was going?
该题目是选择动词填空,一律用 V-ing 形式。答案是exchanging。
其实这个问题,早有老师发现是不对的。也曾告诉过人民教育出版社有关英语编辑,她们也承认,不知为什么一直没改过来。
一般而言,to 强调“单向关系”;with 强调“双向和相互”。这从大家常见的动词短语就可领会出来:
speak to sb. (比较:speak with sb.)
talk to sb. (比较:talk with sb.)
explain sth. to sb.(不说:explain sth. with sb.)
say sth. to sb.(不说:say sth. with sb.)
但,“两个人聊天”,大家不需要 chat to sb, 要用 chat with sb. 这说明:聊天是双向的,相互的。
以下词组不需要to, 也是由于 with 含有“双向和相互”之意:
share sth. with sb.
have something in common with sb. 相互有共性
connection with 相互关联
relationship with 相互关系
exchange sth. with sb. 与某人交流某物
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