单词 | her |
释义 | her I. obsolete possessive of she I II. 1. a. < before she has her floor swept — Edna S. V. Millay > < you have not seen Maine until you have seen her islands — R.W.Hatch > — compare she I b. < her paintings > < her research > < the reason for her winning the game > < she did her best > c. < her rescuer > < her exclusion from the club > d. < she plays her waltzes beautifully > e. < it's not only her birthday, it's her day > 2. now dialect < Jane Doe her book > III. 1. a. — used as indirect object of a verb < tell her the news > b. — used as object of a preposition < a gift for her > c. — used as direct object of a verb < lifted the skiff and slid herinto the water — Ernest Hemingway > d. — used in comparisons after than and as when the first term in the comparison is the direct or indirect object of a verb or the object of a preposition < the dress fits her sister as well as her > < give me the book rather than her > < this course of study would be more useful to you than her > e. — used in absolute constructions especially together with a prepositional phrase, adjective, or participle < she was invited to go dancing two or three times a week, and her without half as many nice dresses as she really needed > < and her being my own child > f. — used by speakers on all educational levels and by many reputable writers, though disapproved by some grammarians, in the predicate after forms of be, in comparisons after than and as when the first term in the comparison is the subject of a verb, and in other positions where it is itself neither the subject of a verb nor the object of a verb or preposition < it was not her one hated but the idea of her — Virginia Woolf > < her sister sings better than her > < her and her excuses > g. — used in substandard speech as the subject of a verb which it does not immediately precede or as part of the compound subject of a verb < her and John got married > h. — used with a gerund in combination with other pronouns (as him) in the objective case < I can't imagine her doing that any more than I can imagine him doing it > 2. < she bought her a hat > object of a preposition < she took her son with her > or direct object of a verb < she sat her down > IV. < four hims and a her — Charles Dickens > V. 1. 2. |
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