病句辨析：搭配不当
In written Chinese a verb and its object are chosen as a pair: 提高水平 and 改善条件, but not 提高条件. Subjects and predicates pair up too: 价格 is 高 or 低, while the goods are 贵 or 便宜.
结构
提高 + 水平／质量／效率 ｜ 改善 + 条件／环境／关系 ｜ 增强 + 信心／能力 ｜ 加强 + 管理／联系 ｜ 养成 + 习惯 ｜ 发挥 + 作用
讲解
本文中的中文词语都可以激活，查看词典释义。
A collocation error is not a grammar error in the usual sense: the sentence has a subject, a verb and an object in the right order. What is wrong is that this verb does not go with that noun. Native writers feel it at once; learners have to collect the pairs.
The verbs most often tested come in a family that all translate as “improve” or “strengthen”. raises something measured on a scale: , , , . makes a condition better: , , , . adds strength to something inner: , , . intensifies an effort or control: , , . Others form fixed pairs: , , , , , .
Subjects and predicates have the same problem. is or ; it is the thing bought that is . is , is , is . is therefore an error, however natural it feels in translation.
The subtlest version is one verb with two objects, only one of which fits: . is right, but is not, so the sentence needs a second verb — ，. When a verb is followed by , check it against each object separately.
正确
Say each one out loud before moving on. The audio is a reference pronunciation, not a model to imitate exactly — match the tone contour, not the voice.
这次培训大大提高了大家的工作效率。這次培訓大大提高了大家的工作效率。
Zhè (fourth tone, falling) cì (fourth tone, falling) péixùn (second tone, rising) dàdà (fourth tone, falling) tígāo (second tone, rising) le (neutral tone) dàjiā (fourth tone, falling) de (neutral tone) gōngzuò (first tone, high and level) xiàolǜ. (fourth tone, falling)···
This training greatly raised everyone’s efficiency at work.
这几年，这个城市的环境得到了明显的改善。這幾年，這個城市的環境得到了明顯的改善。
Zhè (fourth tone, falling) jǐ (third tone, dipping) nián, (second tone, rising) zhège (fourth tone, falling) chéngshì (second tone, rising) de (neutral tone) huánjìng (second tone, rising) dédào (second tone, rising) le (neutral tone) míngxiǎn (second tone, rising) de (neutral tone) gǎishàn. (third tone, dipping)···
In the last few years the city’s environment has clearly improved.
多和别人交流可以增强你的信心。多和別人交流可以增強你的信心。
Duō (first tone, high and level) hé (second tone, rising) biérén (second tone, rising) jiāoliú (first tone, high and level) kěyǐ (third tone, dipping) zēngqiáng (first tone, high and level) nǐ (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) xìnxīn. (fourth tone, falling)···
Talking with other people more often can build up your confidence.
错误 — 常见错误
These sentences are wrong. They are printed here on purpose, each one paired with the repair and the reason, because the error you can recognise is the error you stop making.
不太对
Incorrect sentence: 我们要改进工作方法和效率。
正确
Correct sentence: 我们要改进工作方法，提高工作效率。
为什么: 改进 fits 方法 but not 效率. Each object needs its own verb: 改进方法, 提高效率.
不太对
Incorrect sentence: 这家商店的价格很贵。
正确
Correct sentence: 这家商店的东西很贵。
为什么: 价格 is high or low (高／低); it is the goods that are expensive. Say 东西很贵 or 价格很高.
不太对
Incorrect sentence: 经过努力，他终于养成了自己的理想。
正确
Correct sentence: 经过努力，他终于实现了自己的理想。
为什么: 养成 goes with habits (养成习惯); an ideal is realised: 实现理想.
对比
Most errors with this pattern are not errors about this pattern — they are a neighbouring pattern arriving at the wrong moment. Read these side by side.
Resultative complements are another place where the verb has to match what follows — 看完, 听懂, 洗干净 — but there the pairing is a matter of meaning that can be worked out. Collocations such as 提高水平 or 改善条件 are partly conventional: 提高条件 is understandable and still wrong. They have to be learned as pairs, ideally with the noun.
Resultative complements: 完, 到, 见, 好 →小测验
第 1 题 / 3总分: 0
Which verb fits the gap?
学校决定 ___ 学生的学习条件。