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angry with/at/about

angry 后面可以跟介词 about, atwith, 还可以跟动词不定式。请解释四者之间的区别。

be angry about/at something:

  1. What are you angry about? 你生什么气?

  2. He was angry about our disobeying his orders. 他因我们不服从他的命令而生气了。

  3. He grew angry at my words. 他对我说的话很生气。

  4. He got angry at being made a fool of. 他因受到愚弄而生气了。

be angry at/with somebody, 在英国英语中尤其如此:

  1. I am angry with you for your conduct. 我对你的行为很生气。

  2. The teacher was angry with us for having disobeyed his orders. 我们老师因为我们没有服从他的命令而生气了。

  3. She was very angry at me when I was late. 我迟到时,她对我大发脾气。

be angry to do something:

  1. He was angry to hear it. 他听了这件事非常生气。

  2. He'll be angry to find that nothing has been done. 他要是发现什么事情都没有干,是会生气的。

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angry with/at/about

During these years many young students were angry with society.

许多英语语法书都强调指出, angry with sb., angry at/about sth. 。但是, 上面的句子却使用了 angry with sth. 的格式, 如何解释这种现象?

记住上面的大体趋势,对于英语学习者和使用者是有好处的:

  1. It's no good getting angry with/at the waiter because the food is badly cooked. 因为食物烧得不好而对服务员生气是没有用的。

  2. And then she was angry. Angry at Michael, at his mother, angry at all foreigners. 于是她生起气来。她生迈克尔的气,生他母亲的气,生所有外国人的气。

偶尔也能见到 angry with 接表物(无生命体或抽象事物)的名词,如你所提问的句子。再如:

angry also with the change of fortune which was reshaping the world about him. ……他对于正在重塑他周围世界的财富的变化也很生气。

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