核心问题
Only two people survived ____. A. from the fire B. during the fire C. after the fire D. the fire.
我认为选 C(after the fire) 是正确的。(全句意思是: 这场大火之后只有两个人活下来。)但有的同学说选 C 是错误的。我至今不悟。
词典解答
你之所以坚持选 C, 一是因为你受了汉语的影响(选 C 恰好相当于汉语的“这场大火之后只有两个人活下来”), 二是因为你只知道 survive 作不及物动词(“活下来”)的用法, 而忽略了它作及物动词的用法(经历……而幸存下来):
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Only a few soldiers survived the battle. (ELD) 经过这次战斗只有少数战士幸存下来。
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Did anyone survive the earthquake? (Neal) 这次地震之后有人幸存吗?
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All of them survived the war. 他们大家在战后都幸存了下来。
请做下面的试题：
Everyone else was killed in the accident. I was the only one to ____.
A. relieve B. survive C. alive D. outlive(Nelson, 400C)