About、Of、On作“论及”、“关于”等意义时的用法及区别

<正> About,of,on是几个常用介词.当然,除了of外,about和on还可作副词使用.在英语里,当它们作介词用时,其表达的意义很宽,使用的范围也很广.本文仅就它们作“论及、提及、说及、关于”等意义时的用法及区别作个讨论。 先看中学课本里出现的几个句子: a) In one of his books, Marx gave some advice on how to learn a foreign language. b) Once Lu Xun spoke to the youth about the study of foreign languages. c) Do you know the essays of Francis Bacon, who lived about the same time as shakespeare? They are full of good advice about reading. Here is a bit from the essay "of Studies". 从上述例句中可以看出about、of、on都是作“关于、论及、提及”等解释.下面就它们之间的用法及区别分述如下: