that day与on that day如何用

问题描述

表示“那天”“在那天”，一般是用 that day：
She didn’t feel well that day. 那天她感到不太舒服。
We weren’t in town that day. 那天我们不在城里。
Try to describe what happened that day. 设法描述一下那天发生的事。
可以用 on that day 吗？

老师答疑

曾老师：

可以用on that day,但that day比on that day更口语化、更常用，在意义上基本上没有什么差异，均表示“当天，那天”。不过，on that day的时间概念稍显明确一些，可译为“在那天，在当天，在那一天”。如：

Don't come at me, I did nothing that day. 别冲我来, 我那天什么也没做。《简明英汉词典》

He was exulting in a win at the show earlier that day. 他正在为当天早些时候在节目中胜出而欢欣鼓舞。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解词典》

What really happened on that day so long ago. 很久前的那一天到底发生了什么事？《朗文当代英语词典》

The only reason we leafleted on the Jewish New Year was because more people than usual go to the synagogue on that day. 我们在犹太新年派传单，纯粹是因为那天去犹太教堂的人比平日多。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解词典》

▲that day可作主语或宾语，而on that day则不能。

That day marked the beginning of a 20-year estrangement. 从那一天开始了长达20年的互不往来。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解词典》

She remembered clearly that day when she'd gone exploring the rockpools. 她清楚地记得她去岩石区潮水潭探险的那天。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解词典》

s老师：

非常感谢曾老师的详解解答！