英语四六级考试最常见的5种介词用法错误
一、提高介词使用能力最 好的方法是：
1. listen to spoken English as much as possible
尽可能多地听英语口语
2. test yourself on common prepositions
自我测试常用的介词
二、下面罗列了英语六级考试 5 种常见的介词用法错误：
1) arrive at 还是 arrive in
*When we arrived to Claudio’s house…
at 通常用在具体的地点前：school 学校、restaurant 餐厅、airport 机场、aunt’s house 阿姨 的家;而 in 通常用在城市或国家前面。
✓ When we arrived at Claudio’s house…
我们到达克劳迪奥的家……
✓ The train arrived at Shibuya station thirty seconds late.
火车延迟 30 秒到达涩谷车站。
✓ On Friday, the president arrived in Poland.
总统于周五到达波兰。
✓ The K-pop band arrived in Phnom Penh last week.
韩国流行乐队上周到达金边。
2) at night 还是 in night
*We often go out in the night.
in 可以用在 in the morning, in the afternoon, 和 in the evening 里，但是 night 前面需要用 at。
✓ We often go out at night.
我们经常在夜晚出门。
✓ Krakow is beautiful at night.
夜晚的克拉科夫很美。
3) look for 还是 wait for
*I was looking my glasses.
*Giulia was waiting me at the bus stop.
如果你想表达寻找，那么用 look for 或者 search for;如果你想表达等待，那么用 wait for。
✓ I was looking for my glasses.
我在寻找我的眼镜。
✓ Tomis looking for a new job.
汤姆正在寻找一份新工作。
✓Giulia was waiting for me at the bus stop.
茱莉亚正在车站等着我。
✓Lucy is waiting for her sister to finish class.
露西正在等她的妹妹放学。
4) for 还是 since
*I’ve been working here since five years
for 用在一段时间前面，比如：a few minutes/three months/twenty years。
since 和具体的时间点连用，比如：this morning/September/the day we met。
✓I’ve been working here for five years.
我已经在这里工作五年了。
✓She hasn’t drunk coffee for years.
她好多年不喝咖啡了。
✓She’s been living in Yokohama since February.
她从二月起一直住在横滨。
✓I haven’t seen her since yesterday morning.
昨天早上之后，我就没再见到她。
5) in 还是 on
*It’s my birthday on July!
in 总是和年份或月份连用。
✓It’s my birthday in July!
我的生日在 7 月。
✓Ola was born in 2004.
欧拉出生在 2004 年。
