【一语 学英语】成功或失败都不是结局,但看你是否有勇气继续前进 → continue, go on 的区别在哪?

2015年10月21日 UKEC海外区





continue, go on
表示继续时,continue 和go on 基本可以换用,其中continue 比较正式。那么它们的区别在哪呢?

1. continue 后可直接跟名词作宾语,而 go on 后需借助介词再接名词作宾语。如:

He continued the story. = He went on with the story.

2. continue 后接不定式或动名词均可,含义大致相同,均表示“不停地做某事”;而 go on 后接不定式或动名词含义区别较大,即 go on doing sth 意为“不停地(不中断地)做某事”或“(中断后)继续做某事”,go on to do sth 意为“做完某一件事后接着或继续做另一件事”。比较:

The baby continued to cry/crying all night.

You can’t go on working all night without a rest.

She nodded, smiled, and went on stitching.

Go on to do the other exercise after you have finished this one.

注:按传统语法,continue doing sth 只能表示不停地做某事,不能表示中断后继续做某事,但现代英语似乎已不完全遵循此规则。如 1995年出版的《朗文当代英语辞典》就有这样一句:

They continued talking after the meal.

3. continue 可用作连系动词,go on 不可这样用。如:

The weather continued fine.

The boat continued east.




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