假如你講英文，常常「詞窮」，例如，「我送你到門口」，這「送」究竟是怎么個(gè)送法？查一下字典，送可以用give、deliver、send、see…of。但你一定找不到walk這個(gè)字。Walk someone to the door送某人到門口，是固定搭配，英文叫collocation。
Collocation，指同時(shí)出現(xiàn)或搭配在一起用得字。受中文思維影響，逐字由中文譯成英文就會(huì)造成錯(cuò)誤搭配。底下是十個(gè)常用得英文搭配用法，試試看你答對(duì)了幾個(gè)？
1. 攻讀碩士學(xué)位：(X)：study a Master's. degree
(O)：do a Master's. degree
2. 我送你到門口：(X)：I'll send you to the door.
(O)：I'll walk you to the door.
3. 養(yǎng)成習(xí)慣：(X)：rear a habit
(O)：form/develop a habit
4. 舉個(gè)例子：(X)：raise an example
(O)：give an example
5. 接電話：(X)：receive the telephone
(O)：answer the telephone
6. 我參加了一項(xiàng)考試：(X)：I join the examination.
(O)：I took/sat for the examination.
7. 開燈：(X)：open the light
(O)：turn on the light
8. 可以借用你得電話?(X)：May I borrow your telephone?
(O)：May I use your telephone?
