"within one's reach"是一个常用的英语介词短语,核心含义围绕“可及性”,可分为字面义和比喻义两类,具体如下:
1、 字面义:在某人伸手可及的范围内(指空间距离上能够碰到或拿到)。
2、 比喻义:某人能够获得、实现或达到的(引申为目标、机会等“触手可及”“力所能及”)。
结构:`within + 名词/代词所有格 + reach`(如`my/your/his/her/their/one's/the child's`等)。
句法功能:通常作表语、状语或后置定语,修饰名词或描述状态。
Please put the water bottle within my reach—I'm too tired to stand up.
(请把水杯放在我够得到的地方——我累得不想站起来。)
Keep sharp knives out of children's reach to avoid accidents.
(把锋利的刀放在孩子们够不到的地方,避免意外。)
注:反义词组是`out of one's reach`(够不到;无法获得)。
With consistent effort, your dream of studying abroad will soon be within your reach.
(通过持续努力,你出国留学的梦想很快就会触手可及。)
The promotion is within his reach if he maintains his current performance.
(如果他保持目前的表现,晋升对他来说唾手可得。)
Financial stability is not within everyone's reach without hard work.
(不努力的话,财务稳定不是每个人都能实现的。)
与"within reach"的区别:
"within reach"是泛指“在可及范围内”(无特定对象),而"within one's reach"强调“某人的可及范围”(有明确对象)。
例:The top shelf is within reach for tall people, but out of reach for kids.
(高个子能碰到顶层架子,但孩子们够不到。)
→ 若明确“某人”,则用"within one's reach":The top shelf is within his reach (他够得到顶层架子)。
"within one's reach"的核心是“某人能够接触或实现”,无论是具体的物品(字面)还是抽象的目标(比喻),都用来表达“可及性”。记住它的反义词组`out of one's reach`(无法获得/实现),能更灵活地运用。
一句话记住:If something is within your reach, you can get it (literally) or achieve it (figuratively).
(如果某事物在你“可及范围”内,你能拿到它(字面)或实现它(比喻)。)