e.g. Paralysis robbed him of his ability to do physical labor． 瘫痪使他丧失了劳动力. The doctor used special medicines to cure him of the measles． 医生使用特效药治愈了他的麻疹. The medicine healed me of my bad cold． 这药治愈了我的重感冒. It is not easy to rid oneself of a bad habit． 改掉一个人的坏习惯是不容易的. He cleared the pavement of withered leaves． 他清除了人行道上的落叶. They stripped the writer of his right to publish his books． 他们剥夺了这位作家出版作品的权利. She rushed up to relieve me of my suitcase． 她跑过来接过我手中的衣箱. Our army disarmed the enemy of his weapon． 我军缴械了敌人的武器. 类似的动词还有:abridge.disabuse.divert等. 三.表示“骗取 等意思的一些动词. 在这一结构里.通常在of前加上 out.out of表示“丧失 .但out可以省略不用. e.g. How can you fool the little girl(out) of her money? 你怎么能诈骗那个小女孩的钱财呢? The beggar cheated the little boy(out)of his candy． 那乞丐骗取了那个小男孩的糖. [点拨] simply的意思和用法 (1)simply是副词.在对话中意为“really . e.g. The film is simply wonderful. 这影片真是太美妙了. She looks simply lovely. 她看起来的确可爱. His pronunciation is simply terrible. 他的发音简直差透了. They had simply no shame. 他们简直不知羞耻. (2)simply亦可解释为“朴素地 .“朴实地 .“无装饰地 . e.g. He is simply dressed. 他衣着朴素. (3)simply还可作“仅仅.只不过 解.相当于only. e.g. It is simply a question of time. 这只不过是个时间问题. You must believe me simply on my word. 你必须完全照我的话相信我. It is simply a matter of working hard. 此事只是努力去做的问题. (4)还可解释为“简单地 .“简明地 . e.g. The cake is made quite simply. 这糕做起来很简单. The teacher explained the text quite simply. 老师简单地解释了一下课文. What may be of greater importance is to observe how primates live in the world. 比较重要的事情是观察灵长目动物是怎样生活的． [点拨]这个句子涉及到 “of+抽象名词 相当于该名词相应的形容词.不过.这种结构常用于较正式的场合.书面语中尤为常见.再看下面几个句子: e.g. This book will be of great value to him in his students. The book is of much interest. 常用于这一结构的修饰语还有:great.little ,some ,any, no, not, much等 常见的抽象名词有importance, value, use, help, benefit.significance.最后需要提及的是.“be of + 名词 结构的否定形式一般采用否定名词的做法: “be of no + 名词 . e.g. He is of no colour, for he has been ill for two weeks. 他毫无血色.因为他患疾两周了. As far as the study of English was concerned, what he said was of no point. 就学习英语而言.他所讲的并未切中要害. “be of +名词 还可以表达以下几种意义:1.表示“具有.具备 e.g. Her story is of some colours of the truth. 她的故事有点真实感 The party's 12th congress is of epoch making significance. 党的十二大具有划时代的意义. 【查看更多】
