On the Translation of English Preposition 英语专业毕业论文.doc

PAGE 22 PAGE 21 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to my supervisor, for her inspiring guidance and constant encouragement during the process of writing this thesis. She labored patiently through drafts of this work and pointed out defects in my theorizing. My cordial and sincere thanks is also extended to all the teachers in the Department of English, whose interesting and informative courses have benefited me a lot during my five years of college life. What I have learned from their profound knowledge, remarkable expertise and intellectual ingenuity will be of everlasting significance to my future life and career. Finally, I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to my family. They have shared with me my worries, frustrations, and hopefully my ultimate happiness in eventually completing this paper. CONTENTS  TOC \o 1-3 \h \z \u  HYPERLINK \l _Toc293349701 Chapter 1 Brief Introduction to English Prepositions  PAGEREF _Toc293349701 \h 2  HYPERLINK \l _Toc293349702 Chapter 2 Grammatical Features of Prepositions  PAGEREF _Toc293349702 \h 3  HYPERLINK \l _Toc293349703 2.1 Forms of Preposition  PAGEREF _Toc293349703 \h 3  HYPERLINK \l _Toc293349704 2.1.1 Simple Prepositions  PAGEREF _Toc293349704 \h 3  HYPERLINK \l _Toc293349705  Complex Prepositions  PAGEREF _Toc293349705 \h 3  HYPERLINK \l _Toc293349706 2.2 Use of Preposition  PAGEREF _Toc293349706 \h 4  HYPERLINK \l _Toc293349707 2.2.1 Prepositions of Spatial Relations  PAGEREF _Toc293349707 \h 4  HYPERLINK \l _Toc293349708 2.2.2 Prepositions relating to time  PAGEREF _Toc293349708 \h 9  HYPERLINK \l _Toc293349709 2.2.3 Prepositions relating to tools, means, materials  PAGEREF _Toc293349709 \h 12  HYPERLINK \l _Toc293349710 2.2.4 Prepositions relating to reasons  PAGEREF _Toc293349710 \h 13  HYPERLINK \l _Toc293349711 2.2.5 Prepositions’ meaning equal to Chinese “Chu Le”  PAGEREF _Toc2933497