一、用in的场合
(1)表示“在某年/月/季节”这个含义时,须用介词in.例如:in
1980.
(2)表示“从现在起一段时间以后”时,须用介词in.例如:They
will
go
to
see
you
in
a
week.
(3)表示“在某世纪”时,须用介词in.例如:This
machine
was
invented
in
the
eighteenth
century.
(4)表示“在某年代或特定世纪某年代”时,须用介词in.例如:This
incident
happened
in
the
1970''''s.
除此之外,morning
/
evening
/
afternoon
三个词也常跟介词in连用.
二、用on的场合
(1)表示“在具体的某一天”或“(在具体的某一天的)早上、中午、晚上”等,须用介词on.例如:on
May
10th,1982,on
a
rainy
morning,on
a
summer
afternoon.
(2)表示“在星期几”或“在星期几的早上、中午、晚上”等,须用介词on.例如:
on
weekdays,on
Saturday
morning.
(3)表示“在某一节日”时,须用介词on.例如:on
Mid-autumn
Festival,on
Teachers''''Day.
注意:当morning,evening,afternoon被of短语修饰,习惯上用in,而不用on.例如:
in
the
early
morning
of
September
10th
在9月10的清晨in
the
late
afternoon
of
September
12th
在9月12日的傍晚.
三、用at的场合
(1)表示“某一具体时刻(即几点几分时)”,须用介词at.例如:at
six
(2)用在特定的时候(时节、时机)时,须用介词at.例如:
They
were
happy
at
that
time.他们那时很幸福.
(3)表示“在中午、在夜晚、在周末”时,须用介词at.例如:
What
do
you
often
do
at
noon?你中午经常做些什么?
You
can
see
many
stars
in
the
sky
at
night.夜晚你能看到天空中有许多星星.
(4)表示“在……岁”时,须用介词at.例如:
At
the
age
of
nine
the
boy
could
swim
well.在九岁的时候,这孩子就游泳游得很好了.
四、用by的场合
by+时间名词.意为:“到…时(已发生某事),此时谓语多用完成时最晚、不迟于…,在…之前”.如:by
now/then/this
time/next
Friday/the
end
of/three
o`clock等.
By
the
end
of
last
year,another
new
gymnasium
had
been
completed.(2003上海·春)到去年年底,又有一座新体育馆峻工了.
The
train
leaves
at
6:00
pm.So
I
have
to
be
at
the
station
by
5:40
pm
at
the
latest.(NMET97)火车下午六点开,所以最晚我得五点四十赶到车站.
时间前介词要怎么用
时间前介词有at,in,on,for等。at表示一个点,比如at 2 o'clock,at2:30。in用在表示一段时间的前面,如in the winter,in the morning等,但指具体的某一天或某天的上午或下午等要用介词on,如on the morning of September the first,on Sunday,on weekends等,for也用在表一段时间前,但这个段通常是指延续时间,如for a long time,for nearly a whole afternoon。