核心问题
语法书上说,副词 home 只能用来表示方向(回家),而不能用来表示位置(在家)。那么,如何来解释 stay home 呢?
词典解答
关于 home 的含义和用法,我们已在 home 和 home/at home 条中做了解释。现在来解释 stay home。在美国英语中,人们有时使用副词 home 来表示位置(在家)。而在英国英语中,人们是用 at home 来表达这层意思的。这样,我们在阅读英文原著时就会遇到 stay home 与 stay at home 这样两种不同的表达方式:
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I stayed at home all day yesterday. (PEU) 我昨天整天在家。
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Whenever he stayed home in the evening he went to bed early. (Lewis) 只要他晚上不外出，他就早早睡觉。
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a decision to stay home with a good book(URW) 决定呆在家里读本好书请做下面的英语试题：
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“Would you like to stay home tonight?” “No, I ____.” A. wouldn’t like B. would C. wouldn’t like to D. would like not (TOEFL)
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“Did Barbara go to the movies last night?” “Yes, but she ____ have stayed home all evening and studied.” A. may B. must C. will D. should(Michigan)