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The room is quite hot. The oil heater gives ____. A. out good heat B. off good heat C. off a good heat D. out a good heat Note: Since heat is probably not a countable noun, I guess the answer is either A or B but that is as far as I can get. Is the answer B?Is this question problematic?
May 6, 2013 6:32 AM
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While B is the best answer, in truth native speakers of English will say any of A, B, C, or D, with B and C being the most common, followed by A and D. "Gives off" means to generate, whereas "gives out" could also mean to "collapse," "fail to function," or "break down." So I would choose "give off" over "give out" in this circumstance. Furthermore, while it is true that "heat" is uncountable, and we would not say "I felt a heat," when we add an adjective before the uncountable noun, we can often allow the use of an indefinite article, such as "the fire gave off *a* good heat." After all, I am sure you have heard/read English speakers say/write "I saw a bright light." Light is also uncountable, but you can say either "I saw a bright light coming from the sky" OR "I saw bright light coming from the sky."
May 6, 2013
呃,不好意思还要打扰你下了,我问了下英语老师呢,其实狭义一点还是give out比较好,give out 有直接表意思是散热器发热。give off 比give out 更加广义,give off 可以随时代替give out。http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/294616512.html看看这个吧。这语法是很搞的呢。
May 6, 2013
是嗎? 原來是可以互通. 謝謝指教! :)
May 6, 2013
其实口语的话两个是可以通用的。做题目要咬文嚼字一点的确是b对,原因我也解释不了,这两个没有原则上的差别。
May 6, 2013
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