说 fluent 的用法,我的理解是:
1. 可以说speak fluent English (Japanese, Chinese, Russian) 等。如:
She's fluent in Polish. 她的波兰语很流利。
He speaks fluent Japanese. 他讲一口流利的日语。
He speaks fluent Russian. 他说一口流利的俄语。
2. 也可以说 sb is fluent (in)。如:
He is fluent in five languages. 他能流利地说5种语言。
She studied eight foreign languages but is fluent in only six of them. 她学习了8种外语,但是只能流利地说其中 6 种。
He was fluent in French, having spent stretches of time in Southern France. 他曾在法国南部呆过一段时间,法语流利。
3. 也可以说 a fluent person。如:
I met a fluent speaker of Spanish. 我碰到一个西班牙语说得流利的人。
疑问:可以说 write fluent English 吗?
刘老师:
是的,完全可以说: write fluent English (英语写得流畅)。
《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》fluent: (语言或文字)流畅的,熟练的;文笔好的: If your speech, reading, or writing is fluent, you speak, read, or write easily, smoothly, and clearly with no mistakes. 其中包括write。
例如:
She writes fluent French. 她写的法文很流畅。
Can you speak and write fluent English? 你能说写流利的英语吗?
This part of the test is testing you ability to write fluent and accurate English. 这部分测试是测试你书写流利和准确英语的能力。
副词的fluently同样可以修饰write,例如:
A child spells out every word as he writes, but later on he writes fluently. 小孩子开始写字的时候会一边写一边把一个个字读清楚,后来就写得流畅了。