1.表示时间的介词:at,on,in,before,after,by,until,through,from since,within
(1)at:用于表示时刻、时间的某一点。
at noon at 3:15 at present
(2)on:用于星期、具体的某一时间。
on Sunday on Sunday morning on March 10,1997
(3)in:用于表示周﹑月﹑季节﹑年,泛指上午﹑下午﹑晚上。
in 1999 in November in summer in the afternoon
还可表示在……后(未来时间)
He will be back in an hour.他一小时后就会回来。
(4)before:在……之前
Please call me before 7 o’clock this evening.请在今天晚上七点之前给我打电话。
(5)after:在……之后
They went to France after liberation.他们解放后去了法国。
(6)by:在……前(时间),截止(到)……
By the time I arrived,she had already gone.在我到达之前,她已经走了。
(7)for:达……之久(表示过了多少时间),可以和一般现在时、过去时、将来时连用,但经常和完成时连用。
They have been here for three days.他们已经待在这里三天了。
(8)during:在……期间
During breakfast time,he received two strange calls.早饭时间他接到两个陌生电话。
(9)through:一直……(从开始到结束)
He,who led the United States through these years,was shot on April 14,1865,at a theater in Washington.领导美国度过了这些年代的他,于1865年4月14日在美国华盛顿一家戏院里被人枪杀。
(10)from:从……起(时间)
The workers were made to work from 7 in the morning to 7 in the evening.工人们被迫从早7点工作到晚7点。
(11)since:自从……以来(表示从以前某时一直到现在仍在继续)
Since September,my eyes had never been very good.
从9月起,我的眼睛一直不是很好。