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prep

• ① 1[表贯通、通过]通过…,从一端到另一端2[表冲过]闯过(信号)
  • pass through a town穿过市镇
  • drive [go] through a red light闯红灯

• ②[表通行、通路]在…之间,通过…,穿过…
  • fly through the air在空中飞行
  • look through a window从窗户[望远镜]看过出去

• ③ 1[时间]…中2[场所]遍及…3【美】(从…)到…
  • through all ages永远
  • through (one's) life终生
  • through the year整年(★all through the year)
  • travel through the country游遍全国
  • from Sunday through Friday从星期日到星期五
  • from p.10 through p.29从10页到29页(共20页)

• ④[表经过、终了]经过…;完毕;…终了为止
  • We are through school at three.我们三点钟上完课。
  • go through an operation接受手术
  • go through college读完大学
  • go through war经历战争(的痛苦)

• ⑤[表手段、原因、动机]经由…;依…,由于…,因为…
  • through carelessness由于疏忽
  • Big Ben is heard every day through the B.B.C.从 B.B.C.每天都可听到「大笨钟」的钟声。
  • Housekeeping is made much easier through the use of laborsaving devices.使用节省劳力的器具使得家事容易多了。
  • She covered her face through shame.由于羞愧她把脸遮住。