arrive in和arrive at的意思及区别

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arrive at和arrive in 意思相同,都是到达。arrive at是指到达小地方,arrive in是到达大地方。arrive at后面一般接station,airport,destination等表示小范围的地点。

arrive in和arrive at的意思及区别

arrive in和arrive at区别

arrive in +大地方,arrive at +小地方。

当我们用介词at时,通常把后面所接的地方看成一个点,而当用in 时,则把后面所接地方看成是一个面(大范围的面)。所以arrive at后面一般接:station,airport, destination等表示小范围的地点。例如:

We arrived at the Shanghai Railway Station at 11:00 pm last night.

When we arrived at Wuhan Airport, it's midnight.

arrive in后面一般接国家,大城市之类表示大范围的地点。例如:

When did you arrive in Beijing?

It was the cold season when I arrived in Germany.

还有一点需要注意的是城市的大小是没有绝对标准的,在选择是用at还是用in时,要根据上下文的意思来判断该把该城市看成点还是面,以决定取舍。

如果要强调“到达......里面”,尽管是小地点,我们也应用in.比如说arrive in harbour(抵达港内)而不用arrive at harbour

最后应当注意的是:不管是arrive at还是arrive in,都是一次短暂动作,一般不用进行时态,也不能用带有表一段时间状语的完成式。

相同:意思相同,arrive at和arrive in是完全一样的,都是“到达”。

arrive例句

Fresh groups of guests arrived

新的客人接踵而来。

Any entry arriving after the closing date will not be considered

截止日期之后报名参赛的人将不予考虑。

Several long-awaited videos will finally arrive in the shops this month

几部让人翘首企盼的录像片终于将在这个月到货。

The time has arrived when I need to give up smoking.

我戒烟的时机已到。

These figures are arrived at on the basis of dentists 'receipts for 1991-1992.

这些数字是根据1991至1992年间的牙医收据统计得出的。

It's very unlikely that your baby will arrive before you get to hospital.

你的孩子不大可能在你到达医院之前就出生。