In addition to the uses shown below, of is used after some verbs, nouns, and adjectives in order to introduce extra information. Of is also used in phrasal prepositions such as ‘because of’, ‘instead of’ and ‘in spite of’, and in phrasal verbs such as ‘make of’ and ‘dispose of’.
除下列用法外，of 可以用在某些动词、名词和形容词之后引出附加信息。of 还可用于 because of,instead of, in spite of 等短语介词和 make of, dispose of 等短语动词中。
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[PREP 介词]（用于连接两个名词，其中前者表示后者的特定方面） You use of to combine two nouns when the first noun identifies the feature of the second noun that you want to talk about.
[n PREP n]
The average age of the women interviewed was only 21.5.
参加面试的女性平均年龄才21.5岁。
...the population of this town...
该镇的人口
The aim of the course is to help students to comprehend the structure of contemporary political and social systems.
这门课程旨在帮助学生了解当代政治与社会体制的结构。
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[PREP 介词]（用于连接两个名词或名词与现在分词，其中后者对前者进行界定或补充信息） You use of to combine two nouns, or a noun and a present participle, when the second noun or present participle defines or gives more information about the first noun.
[n PREP n/-ing]
Would you say what you felt was a feeling of betrayal?...
你是否觉得有一种被人出卖的感觉？
She let out a little cry of pain.
她疼得轻呼了一声。
...the problem of a national shortage of teachers.
全国性教师短缺问题
...a vague notion of democracy.
模糊的民主概念
...the recession of 1974-75...
1974至1975年的经济萧条
This has been a good chance of meeting up with everyone again.
这是一个和大家再次见面的好机会。
3
[PREP 介词]（用于指称动作的名词后说明该动作的对象或主体） You use of after nouns referring to actions to specify the person or thing that is affected by the action or that performs the action. For example, 'the kidnapping of the child' refers to an action affecting a child； 'the arrival of the next train' refers to an action performed by a train.
[n PREP n]
...the reduction of trade union power inside the party.
党内工会权力的削弱
...the assessment of future senior managers.
对未来高级经理的评估
...the death of their father.
他们父亲的死
...the Marriage of Figaro.
《费加罗的婚礼》
4
[PREP 介词]（用于指称数量或组群的词和短语后表示计量的对象） You use of after words and phrases referring to quantities or groups of things to indicate the substance or thing that is being measured.
[quant PREP n]
...7.6 litres of pure alcohol.
7.6升纯酒精
...a few kilometres of new roads.
几公里新修道路
...dozens of people.
几十个人
...billions of dollars.
数十亿美元
...groups of protestors.
成群结队的抗议者
...a collection of short stories...
短篇小说集
A flock of birds flew towards us slowly from far away.
一群鸟儿从远处朝我们缓缓飞来。
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[PREP 介词]（用于人或事物的名称后引出其所属或相关的机构或地方） You use of after the name of someone or something to introduce the institution or place they belong to or are connected with.
[n PREP n]
...the Prince of Wales.
威尔士亲王
...the Finance Minister of Bangladesh.
孟加拉国财政部长
...the superb rock-hewn Cave Temples of Badami.
巧夺天工的巴达米石窟庙群
6
[PREP 介词]（用于指称容器的名词后，说明容器及其所含物） You use of after a noun referring to a container to form an expression referring to the container and its contents.
[n PREP n]
We could all do with a cup of tea...
要是能给我们都来杯茶就好了。
Conder opened another bottle of wine...
康德又开了一瓶酒。
Marta drank a glass of juice.
玛尔塔喝了一杯果汁。
...a box of tissues.
一盒纸巾
...a packet of cigarettes.
一盒香烟
...a roomful of people.
一屋子人
7
[PREP 介词]（用在可数名词后、不可数名词前表示某一单个物品） You use of after a count noun and before an uncount noun when you want to talk about an individual piece or item.
[n PREP n]
...a blade of grass...
一片草叶
Marina ate only one slice of bread...
玛丽娜只吃了一片面包。
With a stick of chalk he wrote her order on a blackboard.
他用一截粉笔将她的指示写在黑板上。
8
[PREP 介词]（表示材料或成分）由…制成（或组成）的 You use of to indicate the materials or things that form something.
[n PREP n]
...local decorations of wood and straw.
用木头和稻草制成的本地饰品
...loose-fitting garments of linen.
宽松的亚麻布衣服
...a mixture of paint-thinner and petrol.
油漆稀释剂与汽油的混合物
9
[PREP 介词]（用于名词后表示其为某事物的一部分） You use of after a noun which specifies a particular part of something, to introduce the thing that it is a part of.
[n PREP n]
...the other side of the square...
广场另一侧
We had almost reached the end of the street.
我们几乎到了街的尽头。
...the beginning of the year...
一年的开始
Edward disappeared around 9.30pm on the 23rd of July.
爱德华失踪于7月23号晚上9点30分左右。
...the core of the problem.
问题的核心
10
[PREP 介词]（用于某些动词后表示动作所涉及的人或事物）关于，由于 You use of after some verbs to indicate someone or something else involved in the action.
[v PREP n/-ing]
He'd been dreaming of her...
他一直梦见她。
Listen, I shall be thinking of you always...
听着，我会永远记得你的。
Her parents did not approve of her decision...
父母不赞成她的决定。
The Americans cannot accuse him of ignoring the problem...
美国人不能指责他对问题置之不理。
The elderly relative had died of old age.
这位年事已高的亲戚得享天年。
11
[PREP 介词]（用于某些形容词后表示与情感或特性相关的事物）对，为 You use of after some adjectives to indicate the thing that a feeling or quality relates to.
[adj PREP n/-ing]
I have grown very fond of Alec...
我越来越喜欢亚力克。
His father was quite naturally very proud of him...
他父亲自然为他感到无比骄傲。
I think everyone was scared of her...
我想大家都很怕她。
She would be guilty of betraying her own mother.
她会犯下背叛自己母亲的错误。
12
[PREP 介词]（用于指称施动者的单词前说明对该动作的看法）出自…，在…一方 You use of before a word referring to the person who performed an action when saying what you think about the action.
[adj PREP pron/n-proper]
This has been so nice, so terribly kind of you...
您这么做真是太好心，太令我们感激不尽了。
I suppose it's stupid of us not to be able to make up our own minds...
我们自己都没办法拿定主意，这真是太傻了。
That's certainly very generous of you Tony.
托尼，你真是慷慨大方。
13
[PREP 介词]（用于描述名词后引出所指的人或事物） You use of after a noun which describes someone or something, to introduce the person or thing you are talking about.
[a n PREP a n]
...an awkward, slow-moving giant of a man.
举止笨拙、行动迟缓的巨人般的男子
14
[PREP 介词]（表示程度）更大/较小程度上的… If something is more of or less of a particular thing, it is that thing to a greater or smaller degree.
[more/less PREP a n]
Your extra fat may be more of a health risk than you realize...
多余的脂肪对健康的威胁可能比你意识到的要大。
As time goes by, sleeping becomes less of a problem.
随着时间的推移，睡眠逐渐不再成为问题。
15
[PREP 介词]（表示某人或某事物具有的特点或特性） You use of to indicate a characteristic or quality that someone or something has.
[n PREP n]
...the worth of their music.
他们音乐的价值
...the creaminess of her skin...
她皮肤的光滑细腻
She is a woman of enviable beauty.
她的美貌令人艳羡。
...a matter of overwhelming importance...
至关重要的事情
The new deal was considered to be the most generous of its kind.
这一新交易被认为是同类交易中最大的一笔。
16
[PREP 介词]（用于be动词后表示某人或某事物具有的特点或特性） You use of after the verb 'be' to indicate a characteristic or quality that someone or something has.
[be PREP n]
[FORMAL 正式]
The crisis faced over the next few months is of an entirely different scale...
接下来几个月内将要面临的危机规模将是无法相比的。
Both world wars were of unquestionable importance as economic events.
两次世界大战都是重要性无可置疑的经济事件。
17
[PREP 介词]（用于说明数量、价值或年龄） You use of to specify an amount, value, or age.
[n PREP amount]
Last Thursday, Nick announced record revenues of $3.4 billion...
上个星期四，尼克宣布公司收入创下34亿美元的纪录。
He has been sentenced to a total of 21 years in prison since 1973...
自1973年以来，他已总共被判21年监禁。
The last figures so far this year indicate a rise of 13.8%.
今年到目前为止的最新数据显示增长了13.8%。
...young people under the age of 16 years...
16岁以下的青少年
I feel like a girl of 18.
我感觉自己像个18岁的小姑娘。
18
[PREP 介词]（用于年、月等名词后表示状态或活动的持续时间） You use of after a noun such as 'month' or 'year' to indicate the length of time that some state or activity continues.
[n PREP n/-ing]
...eight bruising years of war...
艰苦卓绝的8年战争
The project has gone through nearly a dozen years of planning.
该项目已历经近12年的规划。
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[PREP 介词]（表示时间离某一钟点差几分）在…之前 You can use of to say what time it is by indicating how many minutes there are before the hour mentioned.
[AM 美]
At about a quarter of eight in the evening Joe Urber calls...
大约晚上8点差一刻的时候，乔·乌尔贝尔打来电话。
We got to the beach at five of one in the afternoon.
我们下午1点差5分的时候到达海滩。
Oxford
of★/əv; NAmEəv//strong formɒvstrong formʌv/preposition1★belonging to sb; relating to sb 属于（某人）；关于（某人）◆a friend of mine我的一个朋友◆the love of a mother for her child母亲对孩子的爱◆the role of the teacher教师的角色◆Can't you throw out that old bike of Tommy's?难道你就不能把汤米那辆旧自行车给扔掉？◆the paintings of Monet莫奈的画作HELPWhen you are talking about everything someone has painted, written, etc, use of.When you are referring to one or more examples of somebody's work, use by.指某人所画或所著等的全部作品时，用 of ；指其作品中的一部或多部时，则用 by◆a painting by Monet2★belonging to sth; being part of sth; relating to sth 属于（某物）；（某事）部份的；关于（某物）◆the lid of the box盒子盖◆the director of the company公司的董事◆a member of the team一名队员◆the result of the debate辩论的结果3★coming from a particular background or living in a place 出身于（某背景）；住在（某地）◆a woman of Italian descent意大利裔女子◆the people of Wales威尔士人民4★concerning or showing sb/sth 关于，反映（某人或某事）◆a story of passion爱情故事◆a photo of my dog我那只狗的照片◆a map of India印度地图5★used to say what sb/sth is, consists of, or contains （用于表示性质、组成或涵盖）即，由…组成◆the city of Dublin都柏林市◆the issue of housing住房问题◆a crowd of people一群人◆a glass of milk一杯牛奶6★used with measurements and expressions of time, age, etc. （用于表示计量、时间或年龄等）◆2 kilos of potatoes两公斤马铃薯◆an increase of 2%*2% 的增长 ◆a girl of 12*12 岁的女孩 ◆the fourth of July七月四日◆the year of his birth他出生的那一年◆( old-fashioned) We would often have a walk of an evening.我们过去常在晚上散步。7★used to show sb/sth belongs to a group, often after some,a few,etc. （常用在 some、a few 等词语之后，表示人或物的所属）属于…的◆some of his friends他的几位朋友◆a few of the problems其中的几个问题◆the most famous of all the stars最知名的一位明星8★used to show the position of sth/sb in space or time （表示人或事的时空位置）在，当◆just north of Detroit就在底特律以北◆at the time of the revolution在革命的年代◆( NAmE) at a quarter of eleven tonight (= 10.45 p.m.)在今晚十一点差一刻9★used after nouns formed from verbs. The noun after ‘of’ can be either the object or the subject of the action. （用于由动词转化的名词之后，of 之后的名词可以是受动者，也可以是施动者）◆the arrival of the police (= they arrive)警察的到来◆criticism of the police (= they are criticized)对警察的批评◆fear of the dark对黑暗的惧怕◆the howling of the wind狂风的呼啸10★used after some verbs before mentioning sb/sth involved in the action （用于某些动词后，后接动作所涉及的人或事）◆to deprive sb of sth剥夺某人的东西◆He was cleared of all blame.他所受的一切责难都澄清了。◆Think of a number, any number.想一个数字，随便一个。11★used after some adjectives before mentioning sb/sth that a feeling relates to （用于某些形容词后，后接与感情相关的人或事）因为，由于◆to be proud of sth为某事自豪12★used to give your opinion of sb's behaviour （用于对某人的行为发表看法）◆It was kind of you to offer.感谢你的好意。13used when one noun describes a second one （用于一个名词修饰另一个名词时）◆Where's that idiot of a boy (= the boy that you think is stupid)?那个傻小子在哪儿？IDIOMSof ˈallused before a noun to say that sth is very surprising （用于名词前，表示某事着实令人吃惊）竟然，偏偏◆I'm surprised that you of all people should say that.你竟然那么说，真让我吃惊！of all the…used to express anger （用以表示愤怒）◆Of all the nerve!竟然如此胆大包天！of/əv; NAmEəv/
1used to show what a part belongs to or comes from: the back of the house the last scene of the movie the end of the day2used to show who something or someone belongs to or has a connection with: a friend of Mark’s Avocado salad is a favourite of mine. Product inspection is the responsibility of the employees themselves.3used when talking about a feature or quality that something has: the cost of the meal the beauty of the scenery the length of the swimming pool4used to show what group one or more things or people belong to: some of the students ‘Sunflowers’ is one of his best-known paintings. Two of the guests are vegetarian. a member of the baseball team5used to show what type of substance or thing you are referring to, when talking about an amount: two kilos of sugar millions of dollars a bar of chocolate6used to say what something contains: a cup of coffee several packets of cigarettes truckloads of refugees7used to say what type of things or people are in a group: a herd of elephants his circle of friends a bunch of bananas8a)used to state specifically which thing of the general type mentioned you are referring to: the city of New York the art of painting the problem of unemploymentb)used to state specifically what a particular number, amount, age etc is: at the age of 52 an increase of 3%9used to talk about things produced by a famous or skilled writer, artist etc: the plays of Shakespeare the paintings of Picasso the work of a great architect10used to say what a story, some news etc is about, or what a picture, map etc shows: a story of love and loss news of his arrest a photo of Elizabeth a map of Indonesia11a)used after nouns that refer to actions, or to people who do something, in order to show who or what the action is done to: the cancellation of the meeting the killing of innocent children supporters of the projectb)used after nouns that refer to actions in order to show who or what does the action: the ringing of the phone the arrival of a visitor12used after some adjectives that describe feelings, to show who or what the feeling is directed towards: He’s always been frightened of spiders. Most children want their parents to feel proud of them.13used when referring to the day, moment etc when something happened: the day of the accident the week of the festival I was at home at the time of the murder.14used to say where something is in relation to a place or thingnorth/south etc of something a historic seaside town 99 km south of Londonto the left/right of something To the left of the sofa is a table. I live within a mile of here.15used to describe a person or thing by saying what their main qualities or features are: Albright was seen as a woman of great determination. It’s an area of considerable historical interest.16used to say what someone’s age is: He has two children, a boy of 12 and a girl of 15.17it is kind/stupid/careless etc of somebody (to do something) used to say that someone’s action shows a particular quality: It was kind of you to remember my birthday.18used to say where someone comes from: the people of China Jesus of Nazareth19used to show the country, organization, or group in which someone has a particular position: King Philip II of Spain the secretary of the tennis club20used in dates before the name of the month: the 27th of July21used to say when something happened: the presidential election of 1825 one of the biggest upsets of recent years22American English spoken used in giving the time, to mean ‘before’SYN to British English: It’s a quarter of seven (=6.45).23used to show the cause of someone’s death: He died of cancer.24literary used to say what material has been used to make something: a dress of pure silk25of an evening/of a weekend etc British English in the evenings, at weekends etc: We often used to walk by the river of an evening.GRAMMAR: Possessives• The usual way to say that something belongs to someone, or that someone is connected with someone, is by using -’s. You say: · Tom’s car· a child’s bike· my sister’s boyfriend✗Don’t say: the car of Tom | the bike of a child | the boyfriend of my sister• You use –s’ after a plural noun ending in ‘s’: · a teachers’ meeting• You use of mine/yours/his/hers/ours/theirs when talking about one of several people or things belonging to or connected with someone: · a friend of ours· a habit of mine• You use by when saying who sang, wrote, or painted something: · a song by Jay-Z✗Don’t say: a song of Jay-Z
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