核心问题
“他跳入水中。
He jumped in the water. (误)
He jumped into the water. (正)"(《大学英语疑难精解》, 华东理工大学出版社, p.286)该书所提出的句子 He jumped in the water. 果真是错误的吗?
词典解答
介词 in 除了表示处所之外, 还可以表示移动方向, 与 into 同义。因此, 上面所判定的误句, 实际上是正确的。请看下面的例证:
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He put his hand in the water. (OELD) 他把一只手伸进水里。
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The frog jumped in(into) the river. 青蛙跳到河里去了。
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Throw it in the fire. (ALD) 把它扔到火里去。
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Go and jump in the river. (PEU) 去, 跳到河里去。
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He fell in the water. (Evans) 他掉进水里去了。
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I put my key in the lock. (CCEU) 我把钥匙插入锁中了。
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He ran into the room. (LDCE) 他跑进屋里去了。
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He crossed the road and went into the darkness. 他穿过马路,进入黑夜之中。
但是, into 不能与 here, there 搭配, 此时, 应当用 in:
Our officers went in there expecting to find stolen videos. 我们的警官走进那里,指望找到被偷的录相机。