“動詞+from”類常用搭配

come from 來自，出產于

She comes from London. 她是倫敦人。

Much of the butter eaten in England comes from New Zealand. 在英國食用的黃油多產自新西蘭。

date from (從某一時代)開始，回溯

This custom dates from the 16th century. 這風俗起源于16世紀。

The church dates from 1176. 這座教堂是1176年建的。

【注】date from 也可說成date back to，均指“自某時起存在至今”(＝have existed since)，兩者均不能用于被動語態。順便說一句，這類句子通常用一般現在時，而不用一般過去時，除非所談論的事物現在已不復存在。如：

The church, which dated back to the 13th century, was destroyed in an earthquake two years ago.那座教堂是13世紀建成的，兩年前在一次地震中被毀了。

differ from 與……不同，與……意見不一致

Iron differs from lead. 鐵與鉛不同。

I beg to differ from you on that question. 對不起，我對那個問題的看法和你不同。

know from 區分；分清

The boy doesn’t know his left from his right. 這男孩左右不分。

We must know a friend from an enemy. 我們要分清敵友。

learn from 從……學習，向……學習

People learn from experience. 人們從經驗中學習。

You must learn from (your) mistakes. 你必須吸取失敗的教訓。

recover from 痊愈，恢復

He has recovered from his bad cold. 他的重感冒痊愈了。

He sat down to recover from his agitation. 他坐下來以便讓自己從激動中恢復過來。

result from 由……造成，由……而產生

Your failure resulted from not working hard enough. 你的失敗是由于工作不夠努力造成的。

The terrible accident resulted from his carelessness. 那樁可怕的意外事件因他的疏忽大意而引起。

suffer from 受……之苦；患……病

We were suffering from poverty. 我們當時受貧窮之苦。

He is suffering from a bad cold. 他在患重感冒。

borrow … from 向……借（用）

I borrowed money from him. 我向他借錢。

English has borrowed many words from French. 英語借用了許多法語詞匯。

defend … from 保衛……免受

He defended me from a drunken man. 他保護我免受醉漢傷害。

The law defends people from injustice. 法律保護人民的權利不受侵犯。

discourage … from 勸……不做，使……不能做

He discouraged me from undertaking the work. 他勸我別承擔那份工作。

The weather discouraged us from climbing the mountain. 惡劣的天氣使我們不能去爬山。

draw … from 從……抽出（取出）

I drew money from the bank. 我從銀行里提出錢來。

The truth was drawn from him by degrees. 真實情況終于從他嘴里一點點地套了出來。

excuse … from 使……免于；允許……不

We were excused from punishment. 我們免于受罰。

The teacher excused me from exercise because I had a cold. 我因為感冒，老師準許我不用做運動。

hear from 從……聽來；收到……的來信

I heard this from my friend. 這是我從朋友那聽來的。

I heard from my parents last week. 我上周收到了父母的來信。

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