你们肯定都知道英文里的前置词有时会使人很混乱，它们在句子里虽然不显眼，但是作用却很关键，用错了一个前置词意思可能完全不同。我们先来讲on a cloud这个词。
On a cloud是很高兴的意思，高兴得走路轻飘飘的好像腾云驾雾一样。下面这个大学生就是一个例子：
例句-1: I've been on a cloud all day long - I heard this morning that I got an A on my final biochemistry exam.
这个学生说：我今天一天都很高兴，因为我早上听说，我生物化学期末考试得了一个A。
令人高兴的事是层出不穷的，下面这位太太也是很高兴，至少她的先生是这么说的：
例句-2: My wife has been on a cloud since I told her the other day I would spend my year-end bonus at the office to take us to Hawaii to celebrate our twentieth wedding anniversary. And to tell you the truth, I'm really looking forward to it myself.
这位丈夫说：我那天告诉我的妻子，我要把办公室发给我的年终奖金用来和她一起去夏威夷旅行，以庆祝我们结婚二十周年。自从那天起，我太太一直很高兴。说实话，我自己也非常想去。
夏威夷虽然是美国领土的一部份，但是由于它位于太平洋中间，离开美国本土很远，所以去那里旅行不如去别的地方那么容易。当然，夏威夷那岛国风光非常吸引人，因此能去夏威夷一游实在是令人向往的。
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我们刚才讲的是on a cloud。下面我们把前置词on换成under，也就是under a cloud。任何人under a cloud是绝对不会高兴的，因为他不是丢尽了面子，就是被怀疑做了什么坏事。下面是一个人在讲另外一个被逮捕的人，这人被指控和贩毒有关：
例句-3: The judge had to let him go because there wasn't enough evidence against him. But he's going around under a cloud because most people think he's guilty.
这个人说：法官由于没有足够的证据来定罪，所以只好放了他。但是，他到哪儿都受怀疑，因为大多数人都认为他是有罪的。
下面这个例子是一个人在饭馆里对别人说的话：
例句-4: See that man sitting at the table by himself? He's supposed to be a very smart lawyer, but he's been under a cloud ever since he was mixed up in a scandal involving a company that was run by a mobster.
这人说：看见那个桌子边独自坐着的人吗？他本来是一个很能干的律师，但是他跟一个公司的丑闻有牵连,而那个公司是由流氓集团经营的。从那时起他一直被人怀疑。
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On a cloud 高兴得走路轻飘飘的好像腾云驾雾一样
例句: I've been on a cloud all day long - I heard this morning that I got an A on my final biochemistry exam.这个学生说：我今天一天都很高兴，因为我早上听说，我生物化学期末考试得了一个A。
例句: My wife has been on a cloud since I told her the other day I would spend my year-end bonus at the office to take us to Hawaii to celebrate our twentieth wedding anniversary. And to tell you the truth, I'm really looking forward to it myself.这位丈夫说：我那天告诉我的妻子，我要把办公室发给我的年终奖金用来和她一起去夏威夷旅行，以庆祝我们结婚二十周年。自从那天起，我太太一直很高兴。说实话，我自己也非常想去。
under a cloud 丢尽了面子，被怀疑做了什么坏事
例句: The judge had to let him go because there wasn't enough evidence against him. But he's going around under a cloud because most people think he's guilty.这个人说：法官由于没有足够的证据来定罪，所以只好放了他。但是，他到哪儿都受怀疑，因为大多数人都认为他是有罪的。
例句: See that man sitting at the table by himself? He's supposed to be a very smart lawyer, but he's been under a cloud ever since he was mixed up in a scandal involving a company that was run by a mobster.这人说：看见那个桌子边独自坐着的人吗？他本来是一个很能干的律师，但是他跟一个公司的丑闻有牵连,而那个公司是由流氓集团经营的。从那时起他一直被人怀疑。
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发表于 2016-8-3 12:43:13