How to use 'LIKE' in English (Just Like A Native Speaker!) · mmmEnglish
学习英语中LIKE的不同用法,包括形容词、副词、填充词等,帮助你更自然地表达。适合练习口语和日常交流。
Well hey there!
嘿,你好!
I'm Emma from mmmEnglish and I have an extremely useful lesson for you today.
我是来自 mmmEnglish 的艾玛,今天我有一堂非常实用的课程要分享给大家。
I'm going to teach you all the
我打算把所有这些知识都教给你们。
different ways that native English speakers use like in everyday conversations and if you're thinking about using like as a verb,
以不同的方式来使用“like”——比如在日常对话中。如果你想把“like”用作动词的话……
well that's one way but I've got
嗯,这确实是一种方法,不过我还有其他的想法。
five extra ways that you can use like to help you sound more natural and more fluent as you're speaking in English.
还有五种方法可以帮助你在说英语时听起来更自然、更流利。
So like, let's get into the lesson!
那么,让我们开始上课吧!
Like is often used as an adjective and when it is, it means the same as similar, to be like,
Like”经常被用作形容词,当它作为形容词使用时,其含义与“similar”(相似的)或“to be like”(像……一样)相同。
to look like, to feel like, to taste like or to smell like.
看起来像、感觉像、尝起来像或闻起来像。
This dish looks like it's savoury but it smells like dessert.
这道菜看起来是咸味的,但闻起来却像甜点。
In this context, we're using like as an adjective to compare two things.
在这个语境中,我们使用“like”作为形容词来比较两件事物。
It's five degrees today but it feels like minus five.
今天气温只有5摄氏度,但感觉却像零下5摄氏度一样寒冷。
Feels similar to minus five degrees but it's not actually minus five.
感觉和零下五度差不多,但实际上温度并不是零下五度。
Watch out for this one though because there are a couple of different meanings for feel like.
不过要注意这一点:“feel like”有几个不同的含义。
Feel like can mean want.
Feel like”有时也可以表示“想要”(即有某种欲望或愿望)。
I feel like an ice cream.
我感觉自己就像一块冰淇淋……
No, I mean an ice cream, I want an ice cream.
不,我是说冰淇淋,我想要吃冰淇淋。
I want to eat an ice cream because it's hot.
我想吃冰淇淋,因为天气很热。
And feel like can also mean think.
Feel like”也可以表示“想要做某事”或“有某种想法”。
I feel like this is a bad idea.
我觉得这是个糟糕的主意。
So another way to say that is to say I think this is a bad idea.
换句话说,我认为这是个糟糕的主意。
I've got a feeling.
我有一种预感。
I feel like this is a bad idea.
我觉得这是个糟糕的主意。
Like can be an adverb as well and using like as an adverb is going to help you to sound super natural when you speak.
Like”也可以用作副词,使用它作为副词会让你说话时听起来更加自然。
It's really commonly used by native speakers in informal situations.
在非正式场合中,母语者确实非常常用这种表达方式。
So as an adverb, like is a synonym for about, around or approximately.
因此,作为副词时,“like”与“about”、“around”或“approximately”是同义词。
I spoke to her like ten minutes ago.
我大约十分钟前还和她聊过天。
So here the meaning of like is about.
所以在这里,“like”的意思是“关于……的”。
I spoke to her about ten minutes ago.
大约十分钟前我刚和她聊过天。
He spent like a month in Colorado.
他在科罗拉多州待了大约一个月的时间。
He spent approximately a month in Colorado or around a month.
他在科罗拉多州待了大约一个月的时间。
Notice that like is always used before an amount when it's an adverb like ten minutes or one month.
请注意:当“like”用作副词(表示“像……一样”)时,它总是放在数量词之前,例如“ten minutes”(十分钟)或“one month”(一个月)。
And it's not just time, it can be used before any number.
而且它不仅仅可以用来表示时间,还可以用来表示任何数字。
It only costs like twenty bucks.
它的价格只需要大约二十美元而已。
There are like ten left in the jar.
罐子里大概还剩十个(东西)。
Do you feel like your English-speaking skills are holding you back?
你是否觉得自己的英语水平在限制你的发展(或阻碍你实现某些目标)?
Others aren't really seeing you for who you really are?
其他人其实并没有真正了解你真实的面目?
Anytime I have to talk with natives I was just so unconfident because I was afraid of making mistakes all the time.
每次我需要和当地人交谈时,我都感到非常缺乏自信,因为害怕自己会不断犯错。
Most of the time I read in English and I understand, I watch the videos with the subtitles
大多数时候,我用英语阅读书籍并且能够理解其内容;我也观看带有字幕的视频。
but in that moment to speak I felt afraid, I felt shame.
但在那一刻,当我想要开口说话时,我感到害怕,也感到羞愧。