(1) ①reach表示“到达某地”,是及物动词,与arrive at/in,get to同义。
- We have two kilometres to walk to reach the nearest railway station.
我们要走两公里地才能到达最近的火车站。 - He reached here yesterday morning about 7 o'clock. (here在句中用作宾语)
他昨天早晨约7点到这儿。
②reach可以表示“够到(某处);传到某人手中/耳朵里”。
- The ladder is just long enough to reach the top of the building.
梯子刚好够到建筑物的顶部。 - Your letter of Jan. 20 only reached me yesterday.
你1月20日的信我昨天才收到。
③reach还表示“与某人联系”,或引申用于抽象的场合,表示“达到,达成”。
- I attempted to reach him by mail and by phone, but failed.
我试图以邮件和电话与他联系,但没能联系上。 - The ancient Chinese civilization reached a considerably high level in several fields.
古代中国文明在几个领域里达到相当高的水平。 - He has now reached the age of 50.
他现在已经50岁了。 - They'll hopefully reach peaceful settlement on the basis of their talks.
他们有希望在会谈的基础上达成和平解决。
④reach也可用作不及物动词,组成某些短语:reach after意思是“伸手或脚够取;试图得到;追求”,多用于抽象之物(如名利、真理)。
- For years he studied many forms of religion, reaching after the truth.
多年来他研究了许多种宗教,试图找到真理。 - What he reached after for years was only his personal fame.
他追求了多年的仅仅是他个人的名气。
⑤reach for与reach after同义,只是较常用于具体事物。
- He reached for the phone and quickly dialed a number.
他伸手拿起电话,并很快拨了一个号码。
⑥reach to/towards意为“到达、延伸到(某地)”。
- My voice cannot reach to the very high notes/the back of the classroom.
我的声音达不到非常高的音阶/教室的后部。 - On one wall there was a bookcase that reached (up) to the ceiling.
靠着一面墙有一个高到天花板的书橱。 - Does the newly-built railway line reach to your hometown?
这条新建的铁路线通到你家乡了吗?
⑦reach up意为“向上伸、够”。
- I can get that apple on the high branch if I reach up .
如果手向上伸,我能够摘下那根高枝上的苹果。 - After years of efforts, he finally reached up to the highest position in the firm.
经过多年的努力,他最后升到了公司的最高职位。
(2) ①arrive in/at抵达大地方用in,小地方或某个场所用at,引喻场合用at。
- When he arrived in Europe, he took energetic steps to fulfil his plan.
他到了欧洲之后,就采取有力步骤实施他的计划。 - You must strive to remain disinterested before you can arrive at a fair solution to the problem.
你必须努力保持公正无私才能对这一问题得出公正的解决办法。
②arrive与home, there, here等副词连用时不用介词。
- Mary felt in excellent spirits when she arrived home.
玛丽到家时感到精神极好。
③间或有用arrive in(抽象事物用at)的过去分词形式作状语或同位语的情况。
- Arrived in this country, he settled down and set to work.
到这个国家后,他安顿下来,开始工作。 - Only your judgment, consciously arrived at , only the intellect and senses in the service of human compassion — will take you where you want to go.
只有你们有意识发展起来的判断力,只有服务于人类同情心的智慧和理智才会把你们带到你要去的地方。
(3) ①get at表示“拿到,找到,到达”,意思接近reach。
- When the fox couldn't get at the grapes, he said they were sour.
狐狸吃不到葡萄就说葡萄酸。 - The place is pretty difficult to get at .
这地方很难找到/到达。
②get to是“到达(某地、某一时刻、年龄等)”,等于reach,是通俗用语。
- When you get to Beijing, call me up.
你到了北京后,给我打电话。 - When it gets to 10 o'clock, I begin to feel tired.
一到10点,我就开始感到累。
③get to还有“开始做(某事)”的意思。
- Time is up! Let's get to work at once.
时间到了,我们马上开始工作吧。 - Lying in bed, unable to sleep, he got to thinking how nice it would be to get away and start a new life somewhere else.
他躺在床上,无法入睡,他开始想,要是离开这儿到别处重打锣鼓另开张,那该多好啊。