英语里表示“到达”意思的有arrive、reach和get三个单词,有时还能互换。
它们在用法上有如下区别:
一、arrive是不及物动词,表示到达、抵达某地(尤指行程的终点),后常接介词at或in,一般in接大地方,at接小地方,若是地点副词,则不需用介词。例如:
Do you know what time the plane arrive in Moscow?
你知道飞机什么时候抵达莫斯科?
They arrived at the station at 8 this morning.
他们今天早晨八点到达车站的。
Her mother saw her when she arrived home
她到家时她妈妈看见了她。
二、reach是及物动词,直接接宾语,无须介词,和arrive一样,属正式用语。例如:
When she reached home,her mother asked,“Have you got everything?”
当她回到家时,她妈妈问道,“所有的东西都买了吗?”
They reached Beijing on February 17.
他们于二月十七日到达北京。
三、和arrive一样,get也是不及物动词,只是它多用于口语,其后接的介词是to,后面如接副词,则不用介词to。例如:
I get to school at about 7:30 every day,and I get home
at 5:00 in the afternoon.
我每天7:30到校,下午5:00到家。
Have we got to the zoo yet?
我们到动物园了吗?
The visitors got there last night。