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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary
- 于 [yú]
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preposition
(indicating time or place) in; on; at
- 来信于十五日收到。
- Your letter was received on the 15th.
- 此项工程将于三年内完成。
- This engineering project is to be completed within three years.
- 你必须于月底前完成任务。
- 我将于20号到北京。
- 2. preposition indicating direction
- 3. preposition indicating giving or yielding to somebody
- 4. preposition with regard to; concerning; to
- 5. preposition (indicating beginning or origin) from
- 6. preposition indicating comparison
- 7. preposition (indicating the doer of an action) by
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1.
preposition
(indicating time or place) in; on; at
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 于 [yú]
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介
引进处所、范围或时间,相当于"在"
- 自立于世界民族之林。
- 受命于危难之中。
- 鲁迅于1936年逝世。
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2.
介
引进对象,相当于"向""对""给"
- 求助于大家。
- 吸烟于健康有害。
- 嫁祸于人。
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3.
介
引进来源、起点,相当于"从""自"
- 毕业于著名大学。
- 青出于蓝。
- 黄河发源于青海。
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4.
介
引进行为的主动者
- 学生队败于教工队。
- 限于条件。
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5.
介
引进方向、目标
- 气候趋于寒冷。
- 工程接近于完成。
- 献身于科学。
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介
引进方面、原因、目的
- 勇于自我批评。
- 便于统计。
- 乐于助人。
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介
引进比较的对象
- 轻于鸿毛。
- 高于一切。
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E参见"於(ｙū)"的提示。
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1.
介
引进处所、范围或时间,相当于"在"
Examples
- 与其补救于已然，不如防患于未然。
- To forestall is better than to amend. or Prevention is better than cure. → 已然
- 《礼记·檀弓》：“于畴昔之夜, 梦坐奠于两楹之间”。
- Liji·Tangong writes "The other night, I dreamed that I was sitting between the two principle columns of a hall". → 曩
- 梨园戏是非常古老的一个剧种, 它孕育于福建泉州, 流布于泉州、漳州和厦门三角地带。
- Liyuan Opera is a very old type of drama. It was nurtured in Quanzhou, Fujian Province and spreaded in the triangular areas of Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, and Xiamen. → 梨园戏
- 适合于她的情况不一定都会适合于你, 你看问题不要太模式化了。
- What suits her may not suit you. You should not standardize things. → 模式化
- 这种习俗起源于唐代,一说起源于宋代。 → 一
- 如果不分青红皂白，一概拒绝向外国学习，就只能使中国永远处于落后地位。
- If we indiscriminately refused to learn anything from foreign countries, China would remain backward forever. → 不分青红皂白
- 不甘心于自己的失败
- will not take one's defeat lying down → 不甘心
- 展出的新产品不下于二百种。
- There are as many as 200 new products on show. → 不下于
- 这个街道小厂的产品，质量不下于一些国营大厂。
- The products of this small neighbourhood factory are as good as those turned out by some large state-run plants. → 不下于
- 沉湎于酒
- be given to heavy drinking → 沉湎
Character Decomposition
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亅
[jué,gōu] |
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Playnciku Note
Prepositions as introducers of objects
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A preposition is used before an object, noun, pronoun or a phrase, to form a phrase that describes a place, position, direction, method, time, object, aim, or the passive voice. Prepositional phrases can be used as adverbial adjuncts, objects, attributives or compliments. “对”，“对于”，“关于”，“至于”，“和”，“跟”，“同”，“与”，“为”，“给”，“替”，“于”，“把”，“将”，“叫”，“让”，“被”，“比”，“朝”，“向” can be used as prepositions to introduce the recipients - objects - of an action. “被” may be used to introduce the doers of an action.
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