go on a holiday,go on holiday,go on a vacation辨误
2024-10-28 10:36:04 学考宝 作者:佚名
问题描述
下面说法哪些对,哪些不对?还是都对?
go on a holiday
go on holiday
go on a vacation
go on vacation
老师答疑
陈老师:
▲同意黎老师的看法,这类用法通常是不用冠词的。例句:
1. go on holiday
What fun it will be when we all go on holiday together! 我们大家一起去度假那可太有意思了!
I must get this paperwork sorted before I go on holiday next week. 我下星期度假之前必须把这些文书工作处理完。
We couldn’t decide where to go on holiday so we just picked a place out of a hat. 我们定不下来到哪儿去度假,就随便选了个地方。
It’s not merely a matter of cost, but whether she’s old enough to go on holiday alone. 不仅仅是费用的问题,而是按她的年龄是否可以独自去度假了。
2. go on a vacation
I need to tie up a few loose ends before I go on vacation. 我去度假前要把一些零星的事情做好。
Harry usually closes the store completely when he goes on vacation. 哈里去度假时通常把店完全关了。
I don’t mind where we go on vacation as long as it’s close to a beach. 我不介意我们去哪里度假,只要是靠近海滩就行。
We’re only going on vacation for a week, but John will insist on taking everything but the kitchen sink. 我们只是去渡假一个星期,但约翰还是要坚持带齐每一样东西。
▲但偶尔也可见到带冠词的用法(且见于美国英语),不属通常用法,建议学生慎用:
I feel like going on a vacation. (《美国习语和动词短语词典》)
I’ll tell you why we can’t go on a vacation: number one, we can’t afford it, and number two, we’ll miss my sister’s party.(《韦氏高阶英语词典》)
黎老师:
go on holiday (摘自《朗文高级英语应试词典》)
go on vacation (摘自《朗文高级英语应试词典》)