英语中冒号的用法

汉语冒号在一个字的右下方，而英语在一个单词的后面的正中减，英语中很少用冒号，大多把提示语放在后面，多用句号。

英语里不用冒号的，基本都用逗号和破折号,或者直接用从句的连词，或者用非谓语来解决。

在英文中的用法

⒈ 冒号用于对后面内容的介绍或解释，如 This is her plan: go shopping.

⒉ 冒号用于名单之前，特别是一个竖排的名单。

We transferred three employees to new branches:

· Tony Wang to New York City

· Mike Jackson to Tokyo

· Mark Foster to Paris

当名单横排的时候，冒号要用在一个完整的句子之后，如 We need seven people: three students,three engineers,and a professor.

⒊ 冒号用于一个正式的引用之前。如 The professor said: “It was horrible.”

⒋ 冒号也可用于商业或正式信函的称谓后面，如 Dear Mr. Lee：（美国英语中，信件或演说词的称呼语之后用冒号，而在英国英语中多用逗号。）

⒌ 冒号用于数字时间的表示，如16:45 或4:45 p.m.

⒍ 冒号用于主标题和副标题之间，如 Web Directory: World and Non-U.S. Economic Data

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使用注意

⑴ 运用冒号时要注意其提示范围。冒号提示的内容的末尾用句号。如果一个句号前的内容不全是冒号提示的，则这个冒号用得不正确。例如：

这种惊人的事实证明：人如果老想着钱， 看不到敌人的腐蚀进攻，就会走入歧途，可见这些事实是可以作为活教材的。

（句中冒号只提示到了"歧途"，不包括后边，所以用错了。应把“歧途”后面的逗号改为句号。）

⑵ 没有特别提示的必要就不要用冒号。如：

他表示：一定要来参加会议。（冒号应该删去）

比赛的结果出人预料：老年队竟打败了青年队。（冒号应该改为逗号）

⑶ 在句子内部，不能用冒号。如：

老师说了一声：“下课！”就走了。（句中不能用冒号，应删去。）

⑷ “某某说”、“某某想”等后边常用冒号。但有时不想强调提示语，或不直接引述别人的话，则不用冒号而用逗号。如果“某某说”是在所有引文的后边，“说”后用句号。

⑸一般说来，一句话里只适合用一个冒号。如果一个冒号范围里又用冒号，就形成了冒号的套用。应设法避免套用冒号。如：

心理学研究表明：影响儿童心理发展有三个重要因素：遗传、环境和教育。（前一个冒号应改为逗号；或调整语序，变更为“心理学研究表明：遗传、环境和教育是影响儿童心理发展的三个重要因素。”）

参考资料来源：百度百科-冒号

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" /YOAS Amencan Mosaic”／ Da Vinci’s“ Mona Lisa "3．用于引述俚语、反语、借用语、定义、词形等Her brother"socked her in the eye and" beaned "her with a ruler. /Bob's skiing"vacation"consisted of three weeks with his leg in a cast. / The basic meaning of dumb in both British and American English is“ unable to speak．”／ How do you spell the word＂ eclectic”？;Semicolon（分号）一般说来，分号的作用介于句号与逗号之间，即用分号隔开的两部分之间的关系，比用句号分开的紧密，但不及用逗号分开的紧密。1．用于并列分句之间People make history: unusual people make history interesting. /Your car is new; mine is six years old. /I came, I saw I conquered. /it's too late to go for a walk now; besides, it's beginning to rain. /We finally found the gate; however, it had been locked.2．分隔已有逗号的并列成分，以避免歧义Follow this procedure: first, get your application forms; next, fill them out; last, pay the charge.The sun, a bright yellow ball, shone; the children, happy as always, played.3．用于由 for example， for instance， namely，that is（ to say）， in fact，i．e．，e．g等词语引出的分句之前Many of their talents complemented each other; for example, he played the piano and she sang./Tom is well-liked: in fact. he is the most popular person in the class./He chose to invest in major industries: i. e, steel, automobiles, and oil.— Dash(破折号)1.用在一个解释性的分句或句子前面：It's an environmental issue. — That's not a small matter.这是个环境保护的问题，这不是一件小事。2.用在一个解释性的插入语的前面和后面（相当于一个括号）：During my vacation—I must have been insane—I decided I would ski.假期中，我准是疯了，我决定去滑雪。3.用在一个引用的句子前面（代替一个冒号，或与分号一起用）：Uncle Wang laughingly answered—"No, no; stay where you are."大叔笑着回答道“不用了，不用了，你就呆到那。”4.表示意思的突然转折："And may I ask—"said Xiao Wu;" but I guess it's better for you to ask him about it."“我可以问——”小吴说；“不过我想还是你问他的好。”5.表示迟疑犹豫："I—I—I rather think —maybe—Amy has taken it."“我——我——我想——或许——是艾米拿了。”6.总括前面列举的若干东西：News house, larger schools, more sheep, more pigs and chickens, more horses and donkeys—everywhere here shows signs of prosperity.新房子，扩建的学校，更多的羊、猪、鸡，更多的马和驴，这里的一切显示出一片繁荣景象。Italicization斜体字的使用1．书籍、报刊、文章、诗歌、乐曲、电影、绘画等的名称Dickens' Oliver Twist /The English-Chinese Dictionary/Readers Digest /The New York TimesMilton's Paradise Lost/Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro/ The Sound of Music /Van Gogh’s StarryNight2．交通工具、航天器等专名Air Force One/Apollo/Challenger3．作为例示的词、字母或数字The word receive is often misspelled. /The b in comb is silent4，表示强调的词语She never expected such a welcome. /woman's place was in the home; it certainly isn’t today.5．表示未归化的外来词语In aeternum[L]/ fille[F]6．动物学和植物学中表示属、种、亚种及变种的拉丁语新学名The horse (Equus caballus )has affected the course of history more than any other animal. /The mistletoe (Phoradendron flavescens )is the state flower of Oklahoma.7．法庭案例名称中的原被告姓名Madison v. 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可以，在解释或人物说话时用。

在英语中冒号和引号不一起用在说的话之前，他们在说的话前面要么用逗号和引号要么只用冒号。

可以出现冒号的。