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（用于连接两个名词，其中前者表示后者的特定方面）
You use of to combine two nouns when the first noun identifies the feature of the second noun that you want to talk about.
例句
The average age of the women interviewed was only 21.5.
参加面试的女性平均年龄才21.5岁。
...the population of this town...
该镇的人口
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（用于连接两个名词或名词与现在分词，其中后者对前者进行界定或补充信息）
You use of to combine two nouns, or a noun and a present participle, when the second noun or present participle defines or gives more information about the first noun.
例句
Would you say what you felt was a feeling of betrayal?...
你是否觉得有一种被人出卖的感觉？
She let out a little cry of pain.
她疼得轻呼了一声。
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（用于指称动作的名词后说明该动作的对象或主体）
You use of after nouns referring to actions to specify the person or thing that is affected by the action or that performs the action. For example, 'the kidnapping of the child' refers to an action affecting a child; 'the arrival of the next train' refers to an action performed by a train.
例句
...the reduction of trade union power inside the party.
党内工会权力的削弱
...the assessment of future senior managers.
对未来高级经理的评估
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（用于指称数量或组群的词和短语后表示计量的对象）
You use of after words and phrases referring to quantities or groups of things to indicate the substance or thing that is being measured.
例句
...7.6 litres of pure alcohol.
7.6升纯酒精
...a few kilometres of new roads.
几公里新修道路
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（用于人或事物的名称后引出其所属或相关的机构或地方）
You use of after the name of someone or something to introduce the institution or place they belong to or are connected with.
例句
...the Prince of Wales.
威尔士亲王
...the Finance Minister of Bangladesh.
孟加拉国财政部长
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（用于指称容器的名词后，说明容器及其所含物）
You use of after a noun referring to a container to form an expression referring to the container and its contents.
例句
We could all do with a cup of tea...
要是能给我们都来杯茶就好了。
Conder opened another bottle of wine...
康德又开了一瓶酒。
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（用在可数名词后、不可数名词前表示某一单个物品）
You use of after a count noun and before an uncount noun when you want to talk about an individual piece or item.
例句
...a blade of grass...
一片草叶
Marina ate only one slice of bread...
玛丽娜只吃了一片面包。
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（表示材料或成分）由…制成（或组成）的
You use of to indicate the materials or things that form something.
例句
...local decorations of wood and straw.
用木头和稻草制成的本地饰品
...loose-fitting garments of linen.
宽松的亚麻布衣服
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（用于名词后表示其为某事物的一部分）
You use of after a noun which specifies a particular part of something, to introduce the thing that it is a part of.
例句
...the other side of the square...
广场另一侧
We had almost reached the end of the street.
我们几乎到了街的尽头。
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（用于某些动词后表示动作所涉及的人或事物）关于，由于
You use of after some verbs to indicate someone or something else involved in the action.
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He'd been dreaming of her...
他一直梦见她。
Listen, I shall be thinking of you always...
听着，我会永远记得你的。
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（用于某些形容词后表示与情感或特性相关的事物）对，为
You use of after some adjectives to indicate the thing that a feeling or quality relates to.
例句
I have grown very fond of Alec...
我越来越喜欢亚力克。
His father was quite naturally very proud of him...
他父亲自然为他感到无比骄傲。
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（用于指称施动者的单词前说明对该动作的看法）出自…，在…一方
You use of before a word referring to the person who performed an action when saying what you think about the action.
例句
This has been so nice, so terribly kind of you...
您这么做真是太好心，太令我们感激不尽了。
I suppose it's stupid of us not to be able to make up our own minds...
我们自己都没办法拿定主意，这真是太傻了。
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（用于描述名词后引出所指的人或事物）
You use of after a noun which describes someone or something, to introduce the person or thing you are talking about.
例句
...an awkward, slow-moving giant of a man.
举止笨拙、行动迟缓的巨人般的男子
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（表示程度）更大/较小程度上的…
If something is more of or less of a particular thing, it is that thing to a greater or smaller degree.
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Your extra fat may be more of a health risk than you realize...
多余的脂肪对健康的威胁可能比你意识到的要大。
As time goes by, sleeping becomes less of a problem.
随着时间的推移，睡眠逐渐不再成为问题。
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（表示某人或某事物具有的特点或特性）
You use of to indicate a characteristic or quality that someone or something has.
例句
...the worth of their music.
他们音乐的价值
...the creaminess of her skin...
她皮肤的光滑细腻
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（用于be动词后表示某人或某事物具有的特点或特性）
You use of after the verb 'be' to indicate a characteristic or quality that someone or something has.
例句
The crisis faced over the next few months is of an entirely different scale...
接下来几个月内将要面临的危机规模将是无法相比的。
Both world wars were of unquestionable importance as economic events.
两次世界大战都是重要性无可置疑的经济事件。
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（用于说明数量、价值或年龄）
You use of to specify an amount, value, or age.
例句
Last Thursday, Nick announced record revenues of $3.4 billion...
上个星期四，尼克宣布公司收入创下34亿美元的纪录。
He has been sentenced to a total of 21 years in prison since 1973...
自1973年以来，他已总共被判21年监禁。
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（用于年、月等名词后表示状态或活动的持续时间）
You use of after a noun such as 'month' or 'year' to indicate the length of time that some state or activity continues.
例句
...eight bruising years of war...
艰苦卓绝的8年战争
The project has gone through nearly a dozen years of planning.
该项目已历经近12年的规划。
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（表示时间离某一钟点差几分）在…之前
You can use of to say what time it is by indicating how many minutes there are before the hour mentioned.
例句
At about a quarter of eight in the evening Joe Urber calls...
大约晚上8点差一刻的时候，乔·乌尔贝尔打来电话。
We got to the beach at five of one in the afternoon.
我们下午1点差5分的时候到达海滩。