內容簡介

“Subject” 可以作名詞、動詞和形容詞用。名詞 “subject” 的意思包括 “主語”、科目” 和 “話題”。但 “subject” 作動詞和形容詞時的含義與它的名詞含義并不接近?？匆曨l，學習 “subject” 的多個用法。 

用法總結

1. 名詞 “subject” 可以指英語語法結構里的 “主語”。

• 'George' is the subject of the sentence 'George baked a cake'.

2. 名詞 “subject” 還可以指 “（學校里教授的）學科，科目”。

• My favourite subject at school was music.

3. 名詞 “subject” 還可以指 “（討論或研究的）主題，題目，話題”。

• She has written many books on the subject of sleep.

• Please discuss the subject of your essay with your tutor before writing it.

4. “Subject” 作動詞時的意思是 “（使）承受，（使）遭受”。搭配 “subject someone to something” 表示 “使某人遭受”。

注意：動詞 “subject” 的讀音與名詞和形容詞不同，重音在后 /s?b?d?ekt/。

• She subjected us to her terrible singing.

• I won't subject you to my boring talks any longer.

5. 形容詞 “subject（取決于）” 常用在固定搭配 “be subject to something” 中，表示 “受到...的影響，受制于”。

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