第十四章 介詞 within 和without 的用法

　　1. Within:

　　l)在……以內：

　　It's within three miles of the station.

　　它離車站不到三英里。

　　We must live within our income.

　　我們必須量入為出。

　　It's a task within your power.

　　這是你力所能及的。

　　2)在(多少時間)內，不到......

　　Within a day or two he got a letter from them.

　　他一兩天內就收到他們一封信。

　　Their troops should be withdrawn within sixty days.

　　他們的軍隊必須在六十天內撤出。

　　I'll be coming with him within half an hour.

　　我半小時內就和他一道來?

　　2. Without:

　　l)不，沒有：

　　He agreed without any comment.

　　他沒說什么就同意了。

　　we must do it without delay.

　　我們必須毫不拖延地去辦。

　　For four days , he worked without taking any rest.

　　他毫不停息地一連干了四天。

　　2)(without引起短語作表語)沒有......

　　we were again without a cent.

　　我們又不名一文了。

　　They were poor and without influence.

　　他們無錢又無勢。

　　(There is) No rose without a thorn.

　　沒有不帶刺的玫瑰。(諺)

　　3)用于某些成語：

　　If we can t find the machine, we'll have to do without it.

　　如果找不到機器，我們就只好不用了。

　　The poor boy had to go without shoes (food).

　　這可憐的孩子只好光著腳(餓著肚子)。

　　It goes without saying that they will support us.

　　不用說他們是會支持我們的。

　　He went off without so much as saying he was sorry.

　　他連一句“對不起”都沒說就走掉了。

　　I will do this job for you without fail.

　　我一定替你做這件工作。

　　He is，without a doubt，a very able person.

　　他毫無疑問是一個很能干的人。