中英之鑒 中式英語(yǔ)之鑒67

　　[誤] I saw you stand by the president in the newsreel.

　　[正] I saw you stand beside the president in the newsreel.

　　注：stand by someone 的意思是“支持某人”(to support someone);to stand beside someone 才是“立于某人

　　旁邊”(to stand by the side of someone)。但是，如果 stand by 后面的賓語(yǔ)不是人，那倒是可以與 stand beside 互換，表示“在...之旁”，例如：Their house stands by a forest(他們的房子在森林旁邊)。除此之外，stand by 還有“袖手旁觀”之意，例如：How can you stand by and watch while your allies are attacked?(當(dāng)你們的盟友受到攻擊時(shí)，你們?cè)跄苄涫峙杂^呢?)