中学英语词汇是英语的常用词。
熟练掌握中学词汇,就能流利说英语。
今天我们来学习care for和care about的用法
请熟读例句到会说:
care的两个短语care for和care about对多数人来说可能是让人困惑的,它们之间的区别不太容易分清。
很多单词和短语不是只有一种含义,如果我们只知道其中一种,无疑会增加区别的难度。
所以这里专门为大家梳理一下两个短语的用法,希望对大家有帮助:
根据不同的使用场合以及所指的对象,它的含义有所不同:
照顾
=take care of
Who is to care for me when I'm old?
我老了谁来照顾我?
Can you care for my cat wile I am away?
我不在的时候你能照顾我的猫吗?
She spends all her waking hours caring for her mother.
她睡觉之外的时间都花在照顾母亲上了。
The company is committed to caring for the environment.
公司致力于保护环境。
It is very moving to see how much strangers can care for each other.
看到陌生人能互相关心,真是感人至深。
喜欢
(多用在否定句中)
I like him but I don't care for her.
我喜欢他,但我不喜欢她。
He didn't much care for her friends.
他不太喜欢她的朋友。
Would you care for a cup of tea?
你想喝杯茶吗?
Would you care for something to drink?
你想喝点什么吗?
I don't really care for coffee.
我真的不喜欢咖啡。
I don't care for that colour.
我不喜欢那种颜色。
He didn't care for anything about Europe.
他对欧洲一点也不喜欢。
关心、在意
强调对家人,伴侣等的强烈感情,浪漫依恋
She cares for him very much.
她很关心他。
He cares for her deeply.
他很关心她。
You genuinely care for him, don't you?
你真的很关心他,不是吗?
If one really cares for you, he is able to squeeze time for you. No excuses, no lies, no undeliverable promises.
如果一个人真的在乎你,他就能为你挤出时间。没有借口,没有谎言,没有无法兑现的承诺。
关心,在乎(感兴趣),担心
It was the only thing I cared about.
这是我唯一关心的事。
He's the sort of person who only cares about money.
他是那种只在乎钱的人。
The boy cared about popular music than anything else.
这个男孩最关心流行音乐。
I don't care about his opinion.
我不在乎他的意见。
She always cares about losing her job.
她总是担心失去工作。
在意、在乎
强调了在我们心里的重要性(也可以是爱)
He genuinely cares about his employees.
他真的关心他的员工。
He doesn't care about anyone but himself.
除了自己,他不在乎任何人。
It's because I care about you that I don't like you staying out late.
因为我在乎你,所以我不喜欢你在外面呆到很晚。
He told people he didn't care about her, but deep down he knew different.
他告诉人们他不在乎她,但内心深处他知道不同。
He really cares about the environment.
他真的很关心环境。
Don't you care about this country's future?
你不关心这个国家的未来吗?
总而言之,
如果要表示在意,喜欢(某人),
尽管它们含义有区别,用care for和care about都可以;
其他方面最好注意区别!
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