英语语法：短语be the same as, be used for的用法

上几期学习了英语语法：短语be interested in, be jealous of的用法、短语be located in, be occupied with的用法、短语be patient with, be peculiar to的用法、短语be rich in, be similar to的用法

形容词短语是指由几个形容词或形容词及其修饰语构的短语，通常在句中作定语或者表语。

81. be the same as和……一样

用法：在词组be the same as中，as是介词，与be strict with的区别，后者的宾语通常是人。

例句：Buying cars or cameras from other countries is not the same as admitting people from those countries or any other countries. (2014年6月六级)

从其他国家买车或者相机与认可那些国家或其他任何国家的人是不一样的。

结构分析：Buying cars or cameras from other countries是-ing式词组作主语，其中from other countries是介词词组作后置定语， is not the same as是谓语（其中not表示否定）， admitting people from those countries or any other countries是-ing式词组作宾语，其中from those countries or anyother countries是介词词组作后置定语，or用于连接两个成分。

82. be used for用于

用法：be used for是use…for的被动形态，for是介词，后面可以跟名词、名词词组或者动名词。

例句：When this water is used for agricultural irrigation, farmers risk absorbing disease-causing bacteria, as doconsumers who eat the produce raw and unwashed. (2016年6月六级)

当这种水用于农业灌溉时，农民就有吸收致病细菌的风险，就像消费者食用生的和未洗的产品一样。

83. contraryto违反

用法：contrary to后面常接名词或者名词词组。

例句：Contrary to popular belief, older people generally do not want to live with their children. (2016年6月四级)

与普遍的看法相反，老年人一般不想和他们的孩子住在一起。

84. dozens of大量的

用法：dozens of修饰可数名词，相当于lots of。

例句：I have to do an interview for the evening news about a man with dozens of cats. (2014年6月六级)

我要为晚间新闻采访一个养了几十只猫的男人。

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20190822作业：

形容词短语：most of大半的

例句：So I think most of us would be discouraged if we had to face challenges and difficulties like that. (托福)

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英语外刊，精读练习20190822：

While the Danish government had immediately dismissed the idea of a sale, it was prepared to discuss closer ties with Washington over the American presence on the world's largest island.【Newsweek】