(1) along 与表示细长之物的名词(如road, river, seashore, street, corridor, line等)连用,表示“沿着,由一头到另一头的纵向运动”(横向用across)。
- I saw a crowd of boys running along the road.
我看见一群男孩在沿着道路跑。
(2) along, beside和by在跟表示移动的动词连用时,意思相同。
Hand in hand, we walked along/by/beside the river. 我们手拉着手,沿着河边散步。(用along时,最好加bank之类的限制词,以与河上区分;along可用于river本身。)
(3) by, beside常指固定位置,along一般不指固定位置。
- I saw there was a man lying beside/by the river.
我看见那儿有一个人躺在河边。
(4) 在像Come along(=Come with me)!Move along, please!请向前走(不要阻塞交通)!一类短语中,along用作副词。
- Now, run along!
马上跑过来! - Pass the note along .
把纸条传过去。 - The years glide swiftly along .
岁月如梭。
*动词come, go, crawl, walk, drive, float, fly, move, hurry, pass, roll, run, rush, swim等均可与along一起用,意思与用on 相同。
(5) along还有“这里、那里、附近、在手边(here, there, at hand)”等意思,用作副词。
- He took his umbrella along .
他带着伞。 - I'm going to see Mr. Smith. I hope he's along .
我要去找史密斯先生,希望他能在。
(6) 短语along with与动作动词连用,意为“一起(来,去……);和……一道”。
- Come along with me.
跟我来。 - A group of students arrived, along with their teacher.
一群学生和老师一起到达。 - We worked along with the workers.
我们与工人们一起干活。 - Give me something to eat along with steamed bread.
给我些就馒头吃的东西。
(7) get along with表示“相处得如何;(某项工作) 搞得怎样”。
- How are you getting along with your workmates?
你与工友们相处如何? - We are getting along very well with our experiment.
我们的实验进行得很好。