中英之鑒 中式英語之鑒383

[誤] Every weekend, Mary would accompany her old grandfather to go to the cinema.

[正] Every weekend, Mary would accompany her old grandfather to the cinema.

注：accompany 常被翻譯成“陪同”，所以人們在翻譯“陪某人看電影”時(shí)，會(huì)很自然地用 accompany sb. to go to the cinema。其實(shí)，查英英詞典你就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)，accompany 的意思不是 together with，而是 go togethr with。所以上述情況中其后的 to go 明顯是多余的。