"play basketball" 是英语常用动词短语,字面意思是“打篮球”,指参与篮球这项体育运动的行为(包括打球、进行篮球活动等)。
作为动词短语,"play basketball" 主要作谓语,遵循“主语 + 谓语(play basketball 变体) + 其他成分”的结构,关键注意以下几点:
球类运动前不加定冠词 "the"(这是英语中“play + 球类”的固定搭配习惯),直接说 "play basketball",不能说 "play the basketball"。
例:
I play basketball every weekend.(我每周都打篮球。)
She loves playing basketball with her friends.(她喜欢和朋友一起打篮球。)
"play" 会根据时态、主语人称变形,"basketball" 始终不变:
一般现在时(主语三单):plays basketball
例:He plays basketball for the school team.(他为校队打篮球。)
现在进行时:is/am/are playing basketball
例:They are playing basketball on the playground now.(他们现在正在操场打篮球。)
一般过去时:played basketball
例:We played basketball yesterday afternoon.(我们昨天下午打了篮球。)
一般将来时:will play basketball / be going to play basketball
例:I will play basketball with you tomorrow.(我明天会和你一起打篮球。)
可通过介词短语、副词补充细节(如“和谁打”“在哪里打”“打得怎么样”等):
和某人打:play basketball with sb.
例:Can you play basketball with me after class?(课后你能和我打篮球吗?)
在某地打:play basketball + 地点状语(如 on the court/playground)
例:We often play basketball in the gym.(我们经常在体育馆打篮球。)
打得好/差:play basketball well / badly
例:He plays basketball very well—he's the best player on the team.(他篮球打得很好——是队里最棒的球员。)
为某队打:play basketball for a team
例:She plays basketball for the city's women's team.(她为市女子篮球队打球。)
否定句:在助动词后加 "not"(如 don't/doesn't/didn't/won't + play basketball)
例:I don't play basketball very often.(我不常打篮球。)
疑问句:将助动词提前(如 Do/Does/Did/Will + 主语 + play basketball?)
例:Does your brother play basketball?(你哥哥打篮球吗?)
区分“play + 球类”与“play + 乐器”:乐器前必须加 "the"(如 play the piano 弹钢琴),但球类不加(如 play basketball 打篮球)。
不要误用“play a basketball”或“play the basketball”,这是典型错误!
"play basketball" 是“打篮球”的标准表达,核心是“play + 球类(零冠词)”,通过时态、介词搭配可灵活描述不同场景的篮球活动。