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firefly

Who is that lass picking at the mulberry boughs
弱弱的问一句  pick就可以做及物动词啊，为什么要加at？

宛城卧龙

pick at  不是一个词组吗？

嘉木子

在这里pick at不是词组
at the mulberry boughs
at在这表示存在或出现的地点、场所、位置、空间，在的意思
picking 本身可作采摘，可在这用

宛城卧龙

原帖由 嘉木子 于 2009-4-27 22:40:00 发表
在这里pick at不是词组
at the mulberry boughs
at在这表示存在或出现的地点、场所、位置、空间，在的意思
picking 本身可作采摘，可在这用

嘉君很细心，学习！

firefly

嘉木子分析的对，只是我认为没有必要那样翻译。折桑枝是动宾短语，直接pick sth不就完事了？pick做不及物使用是不确切的，她在桑树间采了桑叶还是桑葚都有可能 :D

如果pick at 理解作动词搭配的话，是挑毛病之意，显然不符。

whatever the result of discussion will be, i like to communicate with all of you here. heh

海外逸士

AT表示動作的目標。當時詩人只看見她在折桑葉的手﹐又不特別注意桑葉是否折下來。
所以放了個AT。沒有AT也是對的。

firefly

sorry, sir, i am more confused now.
1 since you said AT is for linking v-n structure, did you mean she picked the twigs instead of leaves? so, did she pick the leaves or bough?(vs當時詩人只看見她在折桑葉的手)
2 i insist that it is not necessary to add AT. if it is offensive, i beg YOUR pardon.

海外逸士

welcome your oppinion, firefly.

what I mean is that the attention of the poet is only on the hand of the girl, not on what she is picking. He doesn't care what she's picking, leaves or boughs.  He only notices her hand reaching the boughs and leaves, at that moment.

嘉木子

Who is /that lass picking /at the/ mulberry boughs
need "at"can be  show the rhythm  of  poem,isn't?

自娱自乐

原帖由 嘉木子 于 2009-5-1 9:04:00 发表
Who is /that lass picking /at the/ mulberry boughs
need "at"can be  show the rhythm  of  poem,isn't?

Who is /that lass / picking at / the mul/berry boughs

这样是否好一点？