address
1. address现在只用作及物动词,作“向…讲话”和“写信给…”解,后面不可加to,如可以说address the audience或address the newspaper editor,不可说address to the audience或address to the newspaper editor。addressed to是可以用的,但这里的addressed是用在被动语态的过去分词。例如:This letter is addressed to a newspaper editor.
2. address the letter和address the envelope都可以说。
3. She addressed herself to carrying out the plan里的carrying是动名词,不可改作carry。
4. address作“地址”解的时候,前面习惯用at。例如:You must write to him at his new address.
5. 信面上的所谓address有时包括姓名,有时不包括姓名。
6. address,lecture和speech不同。address指正式的演说或讲话,如毕业典礼上的校长演说。lecture指学术演讲,如对于外语学习法的演讲。speech是最普通的名称,如小组会上的发言。
7. 在英国,address(演说)前面通常用give或deliver,但在美国通常用make。不论在英国或美国,speech前面通常用make,lecture前面通常用give或deliver。