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是表语形容词,所以一般不能单独放在名词前作定语
如:正:The baby is asleep
这婴儿是睡着的
误:Look at the asleep baby
正:Look at the sleeping baby
瞧这个睡觉的婴儿
注:asleep 虽不能单独放在名词前作前位定语,但有时却可放在名词后作后置定语
如:The boy asleep over there is my nephew
睡在那儿的那个孩子是我侄儿
汉语的“睡得很熟”,英语习惯上用 fast [sound] asleep, 而不说 very (much, very much) asleep
如:You will be fast [sound] asleep by the time we get home
等我们到家时,你会睡得很熟了
Don’t wake her up—she is fast [sound] asleep
别吵醒她,她睡得正香
当时她的孩子睡得很熟
误:Her child was very asleep
正:Her child was fast [sound] asleep
fall asleep 是习语,意为“入睡”
如:She fell asleep during the meeting
开会时她睡着了
He fell asleep (while) watching TV
他在看电视时睡着了
注:fall asleep 为终止性动词,不能与一段时间连用
如:这个值班的人睡着有半个小时了
误:The man on guard fell asleep for half an hour
正:The man on guard has