be furious with/at/about:介词拿捏

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furious含义是“非常愤怒、极度愤怒、狂怒的、暴怒的、盛怒的”,后面可跟介词with, at和about。

1. be furious with接人,如

【例句1】He was furious with himself for letting things get so out of control. (他对自己让事情变得如此失控而感到极度愤怒。)[牛津高级学者辞典]

【例句2I was late and he was furious with me. (我迟到了,他对我大发雷霆)[剑桥高级学者辞典]

【例句3She was furious with herself for letting things get out of hand. (她对自己让事情失控感到愤怒。)[朗文当代英语词典]

2. be furious at接事,如

【例句4She was absolutely furious at having been deceived. (她被欺骗了,非常生气。)[牛津高级学者辞典]

【例句5He is furious at the way his wife has been treated. (他对妻子受到的待遇感到愤怒。)[柯林斯高级学者辞典]

【例句6Residents in the area are furious at the decision. (该地区的居民对这一决定感到愤怒。)[朗文当代英语词典]

现在也有人用at接人,并且在美式英语较为常见。

3. be furious about也接事,如

【例句7He's furious about/at the way he's been treated. (他对受到的待遇感到愤怒。) [剑桥高级学者辞典]

也就就是该词典编纂者,不区分furious about/at。

其它三本词典没有furious about的例句,这表明此结构用得比较少。

at的方向聚焦感比较强,而about没有方向感,因此at比较匹配“极度愤怒”的力度感。

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