①.表示所有关系, 即 “-的 a. I am an old friend of his father. b. This is a custom of the country. c. Do you know anything of this new novel of Carlson’s. ②.表示人或物的特征: a. They were both of middle height. b. The manager is of the same opinion. c. The work I am doing is of much value. d. It is of no use to talk to him about it. e. He was a person of wide social relationships. f. He looked to be a young man of twenty. g. I am used to dealing with matters of this sort. h. Do you think a play of this length is too long for a magazine ? ③.和某些动词连用, 意思接近about a. They began to talk of Paris. b. He told his parents of what he had been doing. c. Please inform Mary of the decision. ④.和某些形容词连用, 表示 “对于, 因为 a. What are you afraid of ? b. He was tired of doing things of this kind. c. We are proud of our motherland. d. You ought to be ashamed of yourself. ⑤.表示数量或种类 a. I am going to buy a packet of cigarettes. b. They drank a pot of China tea. c. There are millions of flowers in the park. ⑥.和一名词连用, 表示同位关系 a. The city of Shanghai lies at the mouth of the Yangtze River. b. He was at the town of Holborn. ⑦.和某些动词连用, 表示 “使失掉, 摆脱掉 这类意思 a. I was robbed of my watch on the way home. b. He could not break himself of the bad habit. c. No medicine can cure him of the disease. ⑧.词组和固定搭配: be made of由-制成; die of死于; of one’s own will自愿地, 主动地; think much of认为好, 评价高 【查看更多】
