1.kind指品种,说“一种”事物常用a kind of 作定语。a kind of animal一种动物,a kind of car一种小车。animal和car前不再有冠词。说“各种各样”用various kinds of animal,various kinds of animals,animals of various kinds均可。kind侧重指“品质、性质”。如:
She’s not the kind of woman to lie.她不是说谎的人。
2.a kind of常可表示不确定的“某种类似”的意思。如:
I received a gift. It was a kind of plate.我收到一份礼物,是一种类似盘子的东西。
3. kind of 相当;有一些:
I'm kind of hungry.
我有些饿了
另外,of ,in,on,about等介词后面要跟名词或者动名词,意思就是介词后的动词要家ing,
如:She was afraid of waking her husband up.(她怕把他丈夫吵醒)
而不是She was afraid of wake her husband up.(wake up是唤醒的意思)
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