(单词翻译:单击)
两者均可表示最近、近来,区别如下:
1. 按传统语法:lately 通常用于否定句或疑问句,recently 通常用于肯定句。但在现代英语中 recently 也经常用于否定句或疑问句,而 lately 也经常用于肯定句(尤其是在美国英语中以及与 only, much, a lot 等连用时)。
2. 从使用的时态来看:两者都经常与完成时态连用,也可与一般过去时连用(但此时用 recently 比用 lately 更经常)。如:
He’s only lately [recently] begun working here. 他只是近来才开始在这里工作。
I haven’t been sleeping well recently [lately]. 我最近一直未睡好。
His visits used to be rare, but lately [recently] he has been here quite a lot. 他过去很少来(拜访),但现在却来得很经常。
I have seen a lot of her lately [recently]. 我最近经常见到她。
Did she have a party recently? 她最近举办过聚会吗?
注:两者通常都不用于将来。如:
最近我们要去巴黎。
误:We will go to Paris lately [recently].
正:We will go to Paris soon.
另外,lately 有时还可与一般现在时连用,指现在的习惯(但是recently 一般不这样用)。如:
He doesn’t like watching TV lately. 他近来不喜欢看电视。
We used to visit London once a week, but lately we go there twice a week. 我们过去总是每周去一次伦敦,但最近我们每周去两次。
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