keeper

美剧FRIENDS和TBBT里出现了He/she is a keeper. 此处keeper应解释为person who is worthy of being kept, 值得留住的, don't them go.

这种用法和beekeeper bookkeeper gatekeeper housekeeper innkeeper shopkeeper timekeeper zookeeper里的不同: person who keeps sth

想了好久找不到第二个例子. of 的用法勉强沾边. 请看例子:
the invasion of Normandy和invasion of privacy. privacy不可能去入侵别人, 只能别人入侵privacy. 第一个例子呢, 诺曼底公爵入侵过不列颠, 盟军在诺曼底登过陆(invasion有politically incorrect的嫌疑, 不过据【Longman】when the army of one country enters another country by force, in order to take control of it； 【牛津英汉双解】侵略; 侵犯).

钱歌川在《英文疑难详解》里分析过林肯的"by the people, of the people, for the people"里of的用法。

有个前同事遇到好久不见的朋友，说了没几句话，就”我的痔疮问题啊……“，也许privacy也可以入侵吧。

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