“英语近义介词”是指在某种情况下可以相互替代而对语义毫无影响或影响不大的，但在另外的情况下，在语义或应用上，却迥然相异的那些介词。胡鑫镛编写的《英语近义词介词用法指南(英文版)》通过简明扼要的论述和取自当代杰出英语研究权威学者和英语国家出版的书籍、报章杂志和其他出版物的实例，对近义介词的用法予以剖析，给英语教师和学习英语的学生系统而详尽地阐明了英语近义介词的用法。

Preface

Part One. Usage of Semantically-related English

 Prepositions

 l. About. around, round

 2. About, after

 3. About, by, near

 4. About, of

 5. About, on

 6. About, over

 7. About concerning, regarding, respecting

 8. About by, on, with

 9. About in

 10. Above, over

 11. Above, beyond

 12. According to, in, by

 13. Across, along

 14. Across, over

 15. Across, through

 16. Across, beyond

 17. After, behind

 18. After, by

 19. After, for

 20. After, past

 21. After, in

 22. After, since

 23. Against, from

 24. Against, on/upon, to

 25. Against, versus

 26. Against, with

 27. Along, alongside (of), down, up

 28. Alongside, beside, besides

 29. Amid/Amidst, among/amongst

 30. Among, in

 31. Among, between

 32. As, for

 33. As for, as to

 34. At, by, in, during

 35. At, by, for, with

 36. At, for

 37. At, in

 38. At, on

 39. At, to

 40. Before, ahead of

 41. Before, in front of

 42. Before, ere, previous to, prior to

 43. Before, by, till/until

 44. Behind, at the back of, in (the) back of .-

 45. Below, under, beneath, underneath

 46. Beside, by, at/by the side of

 47. Besides, except, apart from

 48. Beyond, below

 49. Beyond, except

 50. Beyond, past

 51. But, except, excepting, bar/barring, save, saving, other/else than

 52. By, in, on

 53. By, near, on

 54. By, through

 55. By, via, through

 56. By, with

 57. By, of

 58. Due to, owing to, because of

 59. During, for

 60. During, in

 61. During, under

 62. Except, except for, but for, save for

 63. Following, after

 64. For, against

 65. For, in

 66. For, over

 67. For, to

 68. From, by

 69. From, for, of, with, in, by, through

 70. From, of

 71. From, of, out of, in, with

 72. From, out of

 73. In, into

 74. In, on

 75. Inside (of), in, within, into

 76. Near (to), close to

 77. Next to, after, close to, beside

 78. Notwithstanding, despite, in spite of, for

 79. Of, to

 80. Of, out of

 81. Off, from

 82. On, after

 83. On, onto

 84. On, to, in

 85. On, upon

 86. Opposite (to), against, over against

 87. Out, out of

 88. Out of, of, in

 89 Out of, outside, beyond

 90 Outside, outsideof

 91 Through, throughout, over

 92 Till, until, by

 93 Till/Until, to, through

 94 To, into

 95. To, towards, toward

 96. To, with

 97. Under, in

 98. Unto, to

 99. Up, down

 100. With, in

Part Two: Collocation of Semantically-related English

 Prepositions

 A ( abhorrence/avenge)

 B ( back/busy)

 C (cajole/custody)

 D ( day/dusk)

 E (ease/exult)

 F (face/future)

 G (gain/guise)

 H (haggle/hunt)

 I (idea / issue)

 J (jealous/judge)

 K ( keen/know)

 L (labour/live)

 M ( mad/muse)

 N (nail/number)

 O ( object/owe)

 P ( page/puzzle)

 Q (qualify/quick)

 R ( radio/row)

 S (sacrifice/sympathy)

 T ( talk/turn)

 U (uneasy/useful)

 V (vexed)

 W ( weekend/worry)

Index

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