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1、1Verbs1.1DerivationBritishhassomeverbslackingorcomparativelyrareinAmerican,manyofwhicharedenominal.bathBathe:InCICBritishtexts,batheis5or6timesmorefrequentthanbathasaverb,whereastheverbbathisveryrareinAmericanuse,batheoccurringabout40timesmoreoften.1.in
2、transitiveWashoneselfina(bath)tub1990Aug.13Times10/2.2.transitiveWash(someone)ina(bath)tub1992Dexter292.Note:Incommon-coreEnglishuse,transitivebathealsomeans“applywaterorotherliquidtosomethingtocleanorsoo
3、theit,”butinBritishEnglishitdoesnotusuallymean“washsomeoneinabath,”forwhichbathisused;thatdifferenceinmeaningexplainsthefollowing:<“Isitallright”sheasked.“Notgonegangrenous,hasit?Ican’tseeverywell.”[¶]Iassuredheritwasn’tgangrenous,thatI’dbatheitandthati
4、twouldbebetterleftexposed.[¶]Shemisunderstoodorpretendedto.“Abath,”shesaid.“Ihaven’thadabathfortwoyears.Ineedsomeonetogetmeout.You’llbathme.”>1991Green40.beastBehavelikeabeast:Theverbaluseofbeastisveryrare.<...provostsergeantsappearatworkat8amanddon’tst
5、opshouting,bullyingandbeastinguntiltheyclockoffat4.30.>1995Aug.28Independent27/5.binTrash;junk;putintoabin“trashcan”:ThenounbinisnotusedinAmeri-canEnglishofacontainerfortrash,sonocorrespondingverbexists.1990Aug.20EveningSta
6、ndard22/3–4.burgleBurglarize:BurgleisfrequentinBritishuse;CIChasnotokensofBritishburglarize.BothformsareusedinAmerican,butburglarizeisabout20timesmorefrequentthanburgle.OfarandomCICsampleof250tokensofBritishburgle,96wereactiveand154werepassive;oftheacti
7、veuses,57hadplacesastheirobjects,3hadpersons,11hadthings(burglearadio),abstractions(burgleavictory),orwereindeterminate,and25wereintransitive.Ofthepassiveuses,1appliedtoathing,56toplaces,and97topersons.Thustheverbismorelikelytobepassivethanactive,andwhe
8、nactivetotakeanounofplaceas1112PartsofSpeechitsobject,butwhenpassivetohaveapersonalnounassubject.1994Sept.Tatler147/1.
