convenient 与 convenience 正误用法典例

一、convenient

◆如果你感到方便的话，我就来。

误：I’ll come if you are convenietn.

正：I’ll come if it is convenietn for [to] you.

析：convenient 的实际意思是“使人感到方便的”，而不是“感觉到方便的”，所以不要按汉语意思将 be convenient的主语 用“人”充当。比较：Railway is convenient.(铁路方便)，Travelling is convenient for people, where there are railways.(哪里有铁路，哪里的人旅行就方便)。

◆今晚去见你，我很方便。

正：It will be convenient for me to see you this evening.

误：I shall be convenient to see you this evening.

析：be convienent to do sth 通常不能以人或物作主语，而用形式主语 it。但有时也可能用人或物作主语，但此时的句子必须具备这样的特点：句子主语是其后不定式的逻辑宾语，如：Mary is convenient to see on Sunday. / It is convenietnt to see Mary on Sunday.(星期天去见玛丽较为方便)，Thefurniture is convenient to move. / It is conveniet tomove the furniture.(这家具搬起来很方便)。

二、conversation

◆昨天我同老板进行了一次愉快的交谈。

误：Yesterday I had pleasant conversation with the boss.

正：Yesterday I had a pleasant conversation with the boss.

析：conversation(谈话，交谈)视含义的具体与抽象，可用作可数或不可数名词。have a pleasant conversation是指进行一次交谈。比较以下抽象用法(不可数)：Conversation is one of the pleasures of life.(交谈是人生一大乐趣)，It can bevery difficult making conversation at a party.(在聚会上有时很难找到话题与人交谈)。

◆我们在一起进行了交谈。

误：We took a conversation together.

正：We had [held, carried on] a conversation together.

析：表示进行交谈或举行会谈，可用动词 have, hold, carry out等，但通常不用动词 take。