1.表示時間的介詞:at,on,in,before,after,by,until,through,from since,within
(1)at:用於表示時刻、時間的某一點。
at noon at 3:15 at present
(2)on:用於星期、具體的某一時間。
on Sunday on Sunday morning on March 10,1997
(3)in:用於表示周﹑月﹑季節﹑年,泛指上午﹑下午﹑晚上。
in 1999 in November in summer in the afternoon
還可表示在……後(未來時間)
He will be back in an hour.他一小時後就會回來。
(4)before:在……之前
Please call me before 7 o’clock this evening.請在今天晚上七點之前給我打電話。
(5)after:在……之後
They went to France after liberation.他們解放後去了法國。
(6)by:在……前(時間),截止(到)……
By the time I arrived,she had already gone.在我到達之前,她已經走了。
(7)for:達……之久(表示過了多少時間),可以和一般現在時、過去時、將來時連用,但經常和完成時連用。
They have been here for three days.他們已經待在這裏三天了。
(8)during:在……期間
During breakfast time,he received two strange calls.早飯時間他接到兩個陌生電話。
(9)through:一直……(從開始到結束)
He,who led the United States through these years,was shot on April 14,1865,at a theater in Washington.領導美國度過了這些年代的他,於1865年4月14日在美國華盛頓一家戲院裏被人槍殺。
(10)from:從……起(時間)
The workers were made to work from 7 in the morning to 7 in the evening.工人們被迫從早7點工作到晚7點。
(11)since:自從……以來(表示從以前某時一直到現在仍在繼續)
Since September,my eyes had never been very good.
從9月起,我的眼睛一直不是很好。