说明
- He has given me a great deal of help. 他给了我很多帮助。
dear(adj.)
核心问题
She is very dear to me.
[原译]她对我很亲。(《英汉大词典》,上海译文出版社,1992,p.802)
She is dear to me. 是指“她对我亲”，还是指“我喜欢她”“我爱她”“她对于我来说是很宝贵的（可爱的）”？
词典解答
让我们先来引用一下 EED 对 dear to 的解释: If something is dear to you, you care very deeply about it. 我们再来考察一些实例：
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His sister was very dear to him. (Thorndike) 他很喜欢他妹妹。
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Life is very dear to him. (LDCE) 生命对于他是很宝贵的。
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Freedom is dearer to him than life. 自由对于他比生命更宝贵。
像 strange to, familiar to 这样的形容词结构与 dear to 具有相似的用法：
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His name was familiar to me. (EED) 他的名字我是熟悉的。
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He is strange to me. 我不认识他。
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The town is strange to me. (Chambers) 我对这个城市很陌生。