由 台灣英語網1.0 » 週六 8月 22, 2015 5:00 pm
Below are explanations and example sentences from Longman Dictionary. Read them attentively and meanwhile try to leave your original Chinese meanings aside. I believe it won't be difficult to tell the differences between the two phrasal verbs.
carry on (phrasal verb)
1. (especially British English) to continue doing something:
*Sorry, I interrupted you. Please carry on.
*You'll have an accident if you carry on driving like that.
*I want to carry on with my course.
2. to continue moving:
*He stopped and looked back, then carried on down the stairs.
*Carry straight on until you get to the traffic lights.
3. carry on something: if you carry on a particular kind of work or activity, you do it or take part in it:
*Mr Dean carried on his baking business until he retired.
*It was so noisy it was hard to carry on a conversation.
4. (spoken) to talk in an annoying way
*I wish everyone would stop carrying on about it.
5 (old-fashioned) to have a sexual relationship with someone, when you should not:
*Lucy confessed to carrying on behind her husband's back.
*She was carrying on with a neighbour.
carry something out (phrasal verb)
1. to do something that needs to be organized and planned:
*We need to carry out more research.
*A survey is now being carried out nationwide.
*Turn off the water supply before carrying out repairs.
2. to do something that you have said you will do or that someone has asked you to do:
*Nicholson didn't carry out his threat to take legal action.
*We carried out her instructions precisely.
*Will the government carry out its promise to reform the law?