learn可以用作及物动词和不及物动词。今天总结常用动词learn的常见用法、使用注意事项及要点。
一、learn的常见用法
1.learn指“学;学习;学到;学会”。比如:I have learned a lot from reading.我从阅读中学了许多东西。I have learned English for ten years.我学英语十年了。He is learning to play the piano.他正在学弹钢琴。I learned a lot from my father.我从父亲那里学到了许多东西。
2.learn表示“获悉,得知”,常与of搭配使用,也可以跟that从句。比如:When did you learn of his son's success?你什么时候得知他儿子成功的消息? I learnt of her arrival from a close friend.我从一位好友那里听说她到了。We were very surprised to learn (that) she had got married again.我们听说她又结婚了,感到很惊讶。
3.learn指“记住;背熟;熟记”。比如:He learned this song two years ago.他两年前学会了这首歌。He learned the poem so he could recite it at the dinner.他记住了这首诗,所以在宴会上能背诵出来。
4. learn指“(从……中)吸取(教训)”。常与from连用。比如:He has learned from his mistakes.他已从错误中吸取了教训。The company failed to learn any lessons from this experience.公司未能从这次经历中吸取任何教训。
二、learn的考点及要点
1.learn作及物动词时,常用动词不定式的一般式加疑问词加不定式词组,表示“学会干什么”,考试中常考不定式形式。比如:You ought to learn how to be patient.你要学会耐心。
2.考试常考learn构成的一些词组。比如:learn from从……学习,向……学习;learn……by heart记熟,背下来。比如:
We've come here to learn from you.我们到这里来是向你们学习的。The text is too long for us to learn by heart.这篇课文太长了,我们背不下来。
三、learn与study
learn与study近义。learn多指初级阶段的学习,尤其指通过模仿而学会某种东西,一般强调结果。比如:The boy had learnt two hundred words.这个男孩已经学会了200个词。
study有时可与learn互换使用,但是常指通过较高深,较系统的研究而获得某种知识,一般强调学习过程。比如:We study for knowledge, not for marks.我们是为求知而学,不是为分数而学。