Ask Learn闻问切英语口语: Climb down (from)
读者 Jo Chan 问:下面两句,哪一句对?
1. He climbed down the building.
2. He climbed down from the building.
两句都有人说,但严格来说,如果只是说「他从大楼爬下来」,from 实属不必,所以第一句比较「正确」。但这并不是说 climb down 后面一定不可以加 from,至少下面两个情况需要加 from。
第一,两个工人在大厦里清洁,一个在天台,一个在五楼,下班的时候:One worker climbed down from the roof; the other climbed down from the fifth floor.
第二,如果意思不单是爬下来,而且还要离开刚爬下的东西,而那东西又不是大厦那么巨大,那么 from 不但不觉累赘,反而令句子的意思更清楚:
At the end of a long journey, the tired bus driver climbed down from the bus and let out a sigh.
长途旅程结束,疲倦的巴士司机从巴士爬下来,叹一口气。
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