5. 전치사+추상명사
1) of+추상명사=형용사
of importance = important, of interest = interesting, of use = useful, of value = valuable 등
This project is of great importance to us.
(이 계획은 우리에게 매우 중요하다.)
= This project is very important to us.
He is a man of fame and fortune.
(그는 유명하고 행운을 지닌 사람이다.)
= He is a famous and fortunate man.
Review Test
다음 글의 밑줄 친 “of+추상명사”를 형용사로 바꿔 문장을 다시 쓰시오.
A man of wisdom is not always a man of learning.
2) with/in/on/by+추상명사=부사
① with care = carefully, with ease = easily, with warmth = warmly 등
I think we will win with ease if everything goes our way.
(모든 일이 우리 뜻대로 된다면 쉽게 이길 거라 생각된다.)
② in abundance = abundantly, in excitement = excitedly, in public = publicly, in reality = really, in silence = silently 등
He noticed at her first words that she was in great excitement.
(그는 그녀의 첫 마디에 그녀가 매우 흥분한 상태라는 것을 알아차렸다.)
③ on purpose = purposely, on time = punctually 등
I didn’t do it on purpose. It was an accident.
(일부러 그런 건 아닙니다. 사고였어요.)
④ by luck = luckily, by nature = naturally 등
He lost his property by bad luck.
(불행하게도 그는 그의 재산을 잃었다.)
= Unfortunately he lost his property.
3) under+추상명사: ~중인, ~를 받고 있는
be under+추상명사=be being p.p. (추상명사의 동사형)
We are under watch.
(우리는 감시를 받고 있는 중이다.)
= We are being watched.
The road is under construction.
(도로는 공사 중이다.)
= The road is being constructed.
Review Test 정답
A wise man is not always a learned man.
[해설] not always는 ‘반드시 ~한 것은 아니다’ 라는 “부분 부정”을 뜻한다.
[해석] 현명한 사람은 반드시 학자라고 할 수 없다.
6. be+전치사+동작명사=be+동작명사의 진행형
The population is on the increase.
(인구가 증가하고 있다.)
= The population is increasing.
He is at work on a new invention.
(그는 새로운 발명에 몰두하고 있다.)
= He is working on a new invention.
The road is under repair.
(그 도로는 수리되고 있다.)
= The road is being repaired.
The pendulum is in motion.
(시계추가 흔들리고 있다.)
= The pendulum is moving.
