但in the Christmas holidays在圣诞节假期;in the eighteenth century在十八世纪;in ancient times在古代;in earlier times在早期;in modern times在现代,则用in,the present time现在,at the present day当今则用at.
on May Day在"五.一"节
on winter day在冬天
on Decenber 12th 1950:l950年12月12日
on Sunday在星期天
on Monday在星期一
on Tuesday morning星期二早晨
on Saturday afternoon星期六下午
on Friday evening星期五晚上
但last night昨夜;in the evening在晚上;on time准时,in time及时,等则不同。
年月日,加早午晚,of之前on代in
例:on the morning of 18th:18日早晨
on the evening of 4th:4日晚上
On the eve of their departure they gave a farewell banquet and their head gave a garewell speech.
他们在临行前夕举行了一次告别宴会,他们的团长发表了告别讲话。
收音、农场,值日on
例:Did your supervisor like the story over(or on)the radio last night?
您的导师喜欢昨天从收音机里听到的故事吗?
I heard the news over(or on)the radio.
我从收音机里听到了这一条消息。
talk over the radio由无线电播音
on TV 从电视里……
hear something on the wireless
在无线电里听到
My brother works on an Army reclamation farm.
我哥哥在一个军垦农场工作。
The students are working on a school farm.
学生们正在校办农场劳动。
This is a farmer’s house on a farm.