都是“到来”,arrive 和reach的区别

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Arrive/Reach

这二者都表示“到达”,但reach 含有克服了困难,经历了艰难险阻的“到达”,arrive则不含这层意思。比如红军二万五千里长征到达陕北,你如果用arrive的话,就显得太轻飘飘了。另外,reach 也有抽象意义上的到达,如达成协议reach an agreement。

另外,在搭配上,二者也有不同。Reach直接跟宾语,比如,I reached their house;但arrive可以不跟宾语,比如,I arrived. I arrived there/here/home. 要跟也必须先有介词再跟,如,到达一个地方arrived at a place; 而到达一个country/city,则用arrived in a country/city

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