动词learn和study都可以译作“学习”。learn作“学到”,“学会”和“掌握”解,是指通过学习去获得知识或技能(to get knowledgeor shill)。一般多用于学习的初级阶段。如:
(1) It took me more than a yearto learn to draw a beautiful horsein five minutes.
我花了一年多时间才学会在五分钟之内画出一匹好看的马。
(2) In one of his books, Marx ga-ve some advice on how to l earn a foreignlanguage.
马克思在他的一本书里提出了怎样学习外语的一些意见。
study作“学习”解,含有“研究”的意思(to give timeand attention to learning or discoveringsomething) 。一般指比较深入地或正规地学习,通常带有努力学习的含义。如:
(1) He is studying medicine.他正在学习医学。
(2) In the 1870's, when Marx wasalready in his fifties, hefound it impor-tant to study the situation in Russia,sohe began to learn Russian.
在十九世纪七十年代,马克思已经五十几岁了,他觉得研究俄国的形势很重要,使开始学习俄语。
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·石零·
·每周一句·
promise little, but do much.少说多做。