1.mine用作动词时,基本意思是“开采(矿物)”“掘(矿井)”,引申可表示“从…中提取”“在某地区布雷”等。
2.mine既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,接名词或代词作宾语,常用于被动结构。

mine for(v.+prep.)
开矿; 采矿; 采掘 dig sth from the ground; work a mine in (the earth)
▲mine for sth
These men work underground, mining for coal.这些人在地下采煤。
These men work underground for 6 hours at a time, mining for diamonds.这些男子在地下一次工作六小时,开采金刚石。
▲mine sth for sth
They are mining sea water for magnesium.他们正在从海水中提取镁。

mine out(v.+adv.)
(指矿区)被开采完 take all the minerals from a mine
▲mine sth ⇔ out
◇ 用于be ～ed 结构
The whole area has been mined out, the miners have left and the town is empty, since it depended on the mining industry.那个镇靠矿业生存,所以当矿被开采完时,矿工们离开后,镇上也就空了。

用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
The enemy mined under the wall.敌人在墙下埋了地雷。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
A mole mines its way.鼹鼠挖坑道。
How much ore did the nation mine last year?这个国家去年开采了多少矿石?
◇ 用于be ～ed 结构
Gold is mined from deep underground.金子是从很深的地下挖出来的。
Tin used to be mined in the south-western part of England.锡过去通常是在英格兰西南部开采的。
All the roads leading to the city had been mined.所有通往这座城市的道路都埋设了地雷。
The ship was mined early this morning.那只船在今日凌晨被鱼雷击中。

［同义词］ n.  pit, shaft, source

a mine of information
知识的宝库rich or abundant source of knowledge
The old man was a mine of information about the history of the village.那位老人是村史资料的知识宝库。

The inspector went down the mine.监察员已下到矿井里了。
His father is a mine worker.他父亲是个矿工。
An engineer tried to detonate the mine.一名工程师试图引爆地雷。
A mine is used to blow up enemy ships.水雷是用来炸敌船的。

1.mine用作代词是第一人称单数名词性物主代词,意思是“我的(东西)”,在句中不可作定语,只可用作主语、宾语或表语。
2.mine常用于of mine结构,并常与a, some, this, that等连用,作定语。
3.mine有时可表示“我家的人”。

That's your coat; mine is here.那是你的上衣,我的在这儿。
Let's clean your room first and then mine.我们先打扫你的房间,再打扫我的房间。
He borrowed a book of mine.他借走了我的一本书。
That's mine!Give it back to me.那是我的!把它还给我!
He was kind to me and mine.他待我和我的家人很亲切。