爱华网
【佳句赏析】
词组dawn on sb.
佳中
It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasksof life
that themeaning and shape of great whole of life dawnon you.
—— Philips Brooks
在你不厌其烦地操劳于生活的琐事的过程中，你才能领悟整个生活的意义及其多彩。
——飞利浦·布鲁克斯
这句名言中用了动词短语 dawn on , dawn 这个词你应该知道吧，作名词是
“黎明”的意思，作动词是“破晓”意思。
dawn on sb. 是固定短语，也可说dawn upon sb.其意思是：渐渐被某人明
白；使某人领悟；使某人意识到。例如：The truth begantodawnupon thepoor
man. 这个可怜的人慢慢明白了真相。
在《乔布斯传》里，有这么一个句子：
Then a more disconcerting discovery began to dawn on him: Hewas smarter than his parents. He had always admired his father'scompetence and
savvy.
然后他又渐渐明白并发现了一个让他困惑不安的事实：他比他的父母更聪明。他
一直很崇拜父亲的能力和悟性。
● 常用 Itdawn（s/ed）on sb. that …… 句型结构。
1）It slowlydawned on me that I still loved what I did.
我渐渐明白过来，我仍然热爱着过去我所做的一切。
2）It had justdawnedonhim that he hadbeen fooled by the woman.
他才意识到自己被这个女人愚弄了。
3）I was about to payfor the shopping when it suddenly dawned on me thatI’d
left my wallet at hom.
我正要付购物的钱，忽然意识到我把钱包落在了家里。
4）It dawned on her that nobody can come upwith a convincing explanation for
this.
她渐渐明白没有人能对这个问题给出令人信服的解释。
