AEAS英语考试中分号的用法大全

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　　中文里面分号相对逗号和句号来说使用概率比较低，但是在AEAS语法考试中但凡刷过几套真题的童鞋们都会发现，几乎一套卷子里面分号在每个篇章里面都会出现。大部分出现在选项里面(与其他知识点相结合来考察)，还有一些出现在文章段落中(虽然没有直接出题，但和句子理解紧密相关)，可想而知掌握这个知识点有多重要。

　　总体来说分号(semicolon)是介于句号(colon)和逗号(comma)之间的一种标点符号。从程度上来看，分号比句号弱，但比逗号强。

　　用法1

　　分号用于分隔两个没有并列连词连接的独立完整句,且第二个独立完整句的第一个单词首字母应该小写， 除了专有名词。(一提到独立完整句相信大家马上就会联想起两个独立完整句之间可以用逗号加并列连词连接起来。)该用法可以和逗号的用法等同起来。——高频考点

　　例: A mature male gorilla may be six feet tall and weigh 400 pounds or more; his enormous arms can span eight feet.= A mature male gorilla may be six feet tall and weigh 400 pounds or more , and his enormous arms can span eight feet.

　　用法2

　　分号用于分隔两个由过渡词(连接副词)连接的独立完整句。在分析这个知识点时，我们先要去区分好连接副词和连词的关系。连词的分类我们之前已经开帖讲解过了，连接副词呢实际上词性是个副词，它没有连接句子的能力，所以需要用上分号。

　　连接副词有如下这些：accordingly,also,consequently,finally,furthermore,however,indeed,meanwhile,nevertheless,similarly,still,therefore,thus.(however是高频考点)

　　例：In college, she explored and refined this fascination; however, her personal life would not sit still for her art.

　　用法3

　　若两个并列句子本身已经有多个逗号，那么用分号+并列连词去分隔前后两个句子(不常考)

　　例：The warranty on the car covered extensive repairs to the electrical system, front end, transmission, fuel injection, and valves; but the amount of time and inconvenience involved in returning each time to the dealer cannot be ignored.

　　用法4

　　一个句子里面包含多个物体，而这些物体本身含有标点，那么这些物体之间用分号隔开(不常考)

　　例：The trio was composed of a cellist named Grosz, who had been a European virtuoso for many years; a pianist who had won a major music festival in 1954,1955,and 1958; and a violinist who had studied in Budapest, Vienna, and Munich.

　　提到冒号(Colon)，大家立刻秒反“解释说明”四个大字。从通俗意义上来说的确没错，学术上表述为: the colon is a signal that something is tofollow: a rephrased statement, a list or series, or a formal quotation.中常出现的是后两者(举例和引用)。

　　例：

　　1. A popover has four common ingredients：flour，milk，salt，and butter.(举例)

　　2. After fiveminutes of silence, the actor uttered those famous words:“To be or notto be; that is a the question.”(引用)

　　在冒号使用的过程中还需要规避以下误区：

　　误区1：冒号前面不是一个独立完整句。例：Tasks thatI must complete today：mow the lawn, read two chapters of history, and tidy my room. 该例子中Tasks thatI must complete today是一个名词短语(tasks是名词，后面定语从句去修饰它)，所以前面不是一个完整句，只是一个名词，该例子也不是一个句子结构。

　　误区2：一个冒号错误地分割了句子的重点。例：In updatingmy computer, I added: a hard disk, a laser printer, and a fine-resolutionmonitor. 该例子中冒号错误地分割了动词和它的直接宾语。应改为：In updating my computer, I added some new components: a hard disk, alaser printer, and a fine-resolution monitor.

　　误区3：一个句子中有多个冒号存在。例：The successof the action depended on three variables：that theweather would hold out, that the supplies would arrive on time, and that theenemy would be short on three things: planes,ammunition, and food.

　　应改为：The success of the action depended on three variables：thatthe weather would hold out, that the supplies would arrive on time, and thatthe enemy would be short on planes, ammunition, and food.

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