误He is stopping the car.
正He has stopped the car.
正He stopped the car.
我的表已停了3天。误My watch has stopped for three days.
正My watch stopped three days ago.
析stop是瞬间动词,一般不用于进行体,也不能与表示一段时间的状语连用。
我阻止他那样做。误I stopped him to do that.
正I stopped him doing that.
任何事也阻挡不了我们到那里去。误Nothing will stop us to go there.
正Nothing will stop us from going there.
析stop不可接含动词不定式的复合宾语; stop sb from doing意为“阻止某人做某事”,是固定用法,有时from可以省略。
昨夜突然停电,我们在黑暗中呆了几个小时。误Last night the electricity was suddenly stopped and we were left in dark for several hours.
正Last night the electricity was suddenly cut off and we were left in the dark for several hours.
析汉语中所谓“停电”,实际上是电流被切断了,英语用cut off,不用 stop。
误We must put stop to their fighting.
正We must put a stop to their fighting.
析put a stop to sth/ v -ing 表示“制止”或“使停止”,是习惯用法, stop 前的不定冠词 a不能省略。
这辆小汽车在街道中央突然停住。误The car came to stop in the middle of the street.
正The car came to a stop in the middle of the street.
析come to a stop表示“停住”“突然停下”, stop 为名词,习惯用 a 修饰。