bring 用法、詳解、例句

bring 用法1 (bring/carry/fetch/take)

問：我總分不清bring, carry, fetch 和take 的意義和用法, 請解釋。

答：bring 用法是指“(從別處朝向著說話者或被提到的人) 帶來, 領來, 取來”:

1. Please bring your calculator to every lesson. 請每堂課都帶計算器來。
2. Bring your friend to the party. 請帶你的朋友來參加宴會。

carry 是指“拿動、搬動、攜帶”, 不管移動方向是朝向說話者, 還是離開說話者:

1. The mother carries her baby in her arms. 母親懷裡抱著她的孩子。
2. I always carry a gun. 我總是帶槍。
3. Let me carry this suitcase for you. 讓我給你拿這個箱子。

fetch 是指“去拿來”, 也就是說, 既包括“ 去”的意思, 又包括“ 來”的意思:

1. We had to fetch water from a stream far away. 我們不得不從很遠的小溪去取水。
2. I asked her to fetch me an evening paper. 我求她去給我拿一張晚報來。

take 是指(活動方向常常是離開說話者或被談到的人或某個具體的位置) “拿走、取走”:

1. Take the letter to the post office. 把這封信送到郵局去。
2. Take that cheese away, it smells. 把乳酪拿走, 它走味了。
3. She put on her glasses and took the letter from my hand. 她戴上眼鏡, 從我手裡把信拿走。
4. You can take your brother with you. 你可以把你的弟弟帶走。

小練習：請選出正確的答案與改錯。（留言作答）
1. When she saw the clouds she went back to the house to _________ her umbrella.
A. carry
B. fetch
C. bring
D. reach
2. Her cough so aggravated her condition that the doctor had to bring her to the hospital when she lay in the ward awaiting further treatment.

bring 用法2

問：你在bring 用法1 中說:“bring 是指‘ (從別處朝向著說話者或被提到的人) 帶來、領來、取來’。”但是下句中的bring 並不是指朝著說話者“帶來”:

Get to bed and I’ll bring you a hot drink.
你去睡覺吧, 我將給你送去一杯熱飲料。

答：我們在bring 用法1 中對bring 所作的說明對於初級英語水準的讀者是很有用的。但是bring 還有一些特殊的用法, 應當掌握:

A. 有時候, 尤其是在寫信或打電話時, bring 所指的活動方向可能是聽話人或收信人:

1. I’ve brought you a present.
   我給你帶來了一份禮物。
2. Can we bring the children too?
   我們也可以帶孩子去嗎?
3. I will bring them to you some day.
   有一天我會把它們給你拿去的。
4. May I bring Willfrid to see you, then?
   那麼我可以帶威爾弗雷德去看你嗎?

B. 有時候, bring 所指的活動方向可能是說話人將要去的地方、曾經呆過的地方或者談論過的地方:

1. Are you bringing any friends to the party?
   你會帶一些朋友去參加聚會嗎?
2. Come to the theater with us tonight, and bring Mary.
   今晚和我們一起去看戲吧, 把瑪麗也帶上。
3. ‘Where are those papers I asked for?’‘I brought them to you when you were in Mr Allen’s office. Don’t you remember?’
   “我要的那些檔在哪兒?”“你在艾倫先生辦公室的時候, 我帶給你了。難道你不記得了嗎?”