72.We would often have a walk of an evening.

我们过去常在晚上散步。

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经典句型解析72:of an evening 怎么理解?

He comes of a morning(an afternoon,an evening,a Sunday).

we would sit together of an evening and listen to music.为什么要用of an evening,而不用in an evening?

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解析:

of an evening,属于习惯用法,用作状语。意为“晚上经常,晚上多干什么,通常在晚上;往往在晚上;经常在晚上的某个时候”,指动作的习惯性。

多跟always, often, would often (过去常常)等词语连用。

We would often have a walk of an evening.

我们过去常在晚上散步。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

He always likes to go swimming of an evening. 他总喜欢晚上去游泳。

They always like to go there of an evening. 他们总是喜欢晚上到那里去。

He often comes to see us of an evening. 他通常在晚上来看我们。

We would often have a walk of an evening. 我们过去常在晚上散步。

I limited myself to two modest ambitions: to do phisical exercises every morning and to read more of an evening.

我有两个切实可行的计划:即每天早晨进行体育锻炼,晚上多看点书。

What time do they get up of a morning? 他们早晨几点钟起床?

He is a watchman and sleeps of a morning. 他是夜间警卫,所以上午常睡觉。

We used to play basketball of an afternoon. 我们过去经常在下午打篮球。

类似的用法,还有of a morning, of an afternoon, of a night……

They always like to go there of an enening.他们总喜欢晚上去那儿。

Sometimes he goes fishing of a morning.= Sometimes he goes fishing habitually in the morning.

有时候他早晨去钓鱼。

What do you do of a Saturday?= What do you do on Saturdays?

星期天你经常做什么?

I like to relax with a pipe of a moring.

我喜欢于早晨用笛子放松心情。

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The memories came flooding back of a night in Belleville.

在贝尔维尔的夜晚往事常涌上心头。

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