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Relax

發佈時間: 2016/07/11

Relax

星期三中學文憑試(DSE)放榜,學生的心情想必是非常緊張,但仍要說句:「放鬆(relax)!放鬆!」

動詞relax解「放鬆」,例句:Relax!Everything will be fine!(放鬆!一切都會好起來!You need to sit down and relax sometimes.(你有時需要坐下來,放鬆一下。)

Relax亦可以引伸指「放寬(規則或法律等)」,例句:The government plans to relax policies on the hiring and retention of foreign graduates.(政府計劃放寬對招聘和保留外國畢業生的政策。)Can the rules on using phones in flight be relaxed?(可以放寬飛行時使用手提電話的規則嗎?)

現在分詞relaxing和過去分詞relaxed都可以用作形容詞,它們的用法有甚麼分別﹖其一分別是:Relaxed形容主語(subject)的自身感覺輕鬆,relaxing則指「令人感到輕鬆愉悅」-make you feel relaxed。例如:I felt so relaxed after a hot aromatherapy bath.(浸過熱水香薰浴後,我覺得很輕鬆舒適。)Then, I simply enjoyed a relaxing evening at home on the sofa.(然後,我只是在家裏的梳化上享受一個輕鬆的夜晚。)

(本欄逢周一、三、五刊登)

撰文: Ally 最漂亮英文專業老師
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