prepositions - defend from vs. defend against - English Language ...
网页2014年7月24日 · 1. I would not consider "from" and "against" synonymous. To "protect against" X is to prevent X from occurring. To "protect from: X is to prevent X from causing damage. In 1944, the RAF protected London against German bombing raids, while shelters protected its inhabitants from them. To the extent that …
inf and v-ing - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
网页2015年2月4日 · 2. The second sentence is ambiguous. Let's say there's a man who can solve all our problems, he's our 'perfect solution'. We want to use him for our project, but he's not available because he's using another type of mapping. That's funny.
Is "do something against sth" acceptable when meaning "do …
网页2020年7月19日 · You can fight against (some bad thing), you can protect against something, but in all these cases there's a clear sense of opposition, confrontation, defense, protection, etc. which comes both from the verb and from the preposition. "Do" is a very generic verb, as in German (tun), and it doesn't really work with against.
What's the term for those sports/games that don't really have …
网页2022年11月13日 · You now seem to be trying to distinguish, not between 'sports' and 'games', but between those played against opponents and those which are not. When you say games that are "more like exams" I can only assume you are speaking about things like solitaire, sudoku or crosswords. Things like crosswords and soduku are termed as puzzles. These tend to ...
Difference between "play in defense", "play on defense" and "play …
网页2024年5月6日 · Example (2) "on [the] defense" is used commonly in reference to American football, where typically there are entirely separate squads of players on the field when a team is playing offense (attempting to score) and when the team is playing defense (preventing the other team from scoring).
Bump into/against: The car bumped into/against a tree
网页When something bumps against or is bumping against something else, there is usually no sense of locomotion, and the contact might be over a broader area. The subway car was so crowded and the car shook so much on the rails that the standing passengers kept bumping against each other.
word choice - Policy against vs policy towards - English Language ...
网页You can have a policy against attacks. A zero tolerance policy means that it is against attacks, so if you use "against" again, it becomes a double negative; a zero tolerance policy against attacks would be for attacks. Using "for" or "towards" would be consistent in direction. "On" or "regarding" would mean "referring to". –
Do you use "since" and "ago" in one sentence?
网页2021年12月24日 · "Ago" refers to one moment (or range of time) in the past that is done--it is not continuing till now. If you said "I've lived in N.Y. for five years", it is presumed you mean that you moved to New York five years ago and have lived there since that time.
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网页0. Come first means to win first position in a competition. e.g I came first in the writing competition. So it is idiomatic to say--. I came first in my class. Although in my American dialect came in first is more usual.
meaning - "your elbow was on the table" - English Language …
网页2016年4月13日 · 9. Putting your elbows on the table is considered improper etiquette and bad manners. (See #8 in this post, e.g.) So, by saying: you better have something other than "Your elbow was on the table." the author means, "you better have something more substantial than some trivial infraction." Any trivial offense would suffice here; the …