Here are two pieces of advice. 這是兩條建議。
Let me give you a bit of advice. 讓我給你一點忠告吧。
There was nobody to tell him, to hint him, to give him at least a word of advice. 沒有人告訴他,或暗示他,或起碼給他一句忠言。
2. 表示按照某人的意見做某事,一般要用介詞 on 或 by。如:
We did the work by her advice. 我們按她的意見做此工作。
Claire went to Paris on Sarah’s advice. 克萊爾聽取薩拉的忠告去了巴黎。
3. 表示提出建議或忠告,一般用動詞 give;表示向某人請教或征求意見,一般用動詞 ask (for);表示接受意見或勸告,一般用動詞take, follow, accept 等。如:
The old often give good advice to the young. 老年人常常對年輕人提出金玉良言。
You should ask for the teacher’s advice. /You should ask the teacher for advice. 你應該去征求老師的意見。
If we had followed his advice, we could have done the job better with less money and fewer people. 要是聽取了他的意見,我們不僅可以節(jié)省人力、物力,而且還會把工作做得更好。
4. 表示對某人的忠告,其后通常接介詞to。如:
My advice to you would be to wait. 我勸你等著。
Advice to investors was based on the premise that interest rates would continue to fall. 給予投資者的建議是以利率將繼續(xù)下降這一點為前提的。
5. 表示關于某事的忠告,其后通常接介詞about或on。如:
He asked me for my advice on what he should do. 他征求我的意見該做些什么。
You will need to seek professional advice about your claim for compensation. 你在索賠的問題上需要內(nèi)行人士作指導。
6. 表示忠告做某事,其后通常接不定式作定語。如:
We took his advice to remain silent. 我們接受了他的忠告,保持沉默。
若表示某人的建議是做某事,其后通常接不定式作表語。如:
My advice is to give yourself up to the police. 我的建議是你去自首。
7. 其后若出現(xiàn) that 從句,通常用“should+動詞原形”這樣的虛擬語氣。如:
My advice is that he (should) give up smoking. 我建議他戒煙。
Our advice is that the company (should) invest in new equipment. 我們的意見是公司應在新設備上進行投資。