章振邦语法英语句子汉译:限制性关系分句的关系代词

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365限制性关系分句关系代词 |
在限制性关系分句中关系代词的其他用法问题
在限制性关系分句中,关系代词还有以下用法需加注意:
a)
当关系代词在
SVC
结构中作主语补语或在
there
be
(存在句)结构中作“实义主语”时,通常用
that
指人或指物,而且通常省略。例如:
Dr. Fordham still
talks like the man (that) he was ten years ago.
When
Lauren
was
born, Dorothy
decided
he
daughter would
be the singer
(that) she always wanted
to be.
The
9:15
is
the fastest
train (that)
there has ever been. 9点15分是最快的火车,史无前例。
这类由
that
引导的关系分句通常只作限制性用法。
b)
在限制性关系分句中,有时为了明确所指对象避免歧义,对关系代词的选择必须审慎,有时必项用
who(m) 指人
which
指物,若用 that
则不甚恰当。试观察:
There's
only one student
in
the
school
(that)
I
wanted
to
see. 只有一名学生是我想见的。
上述句子在语法上是能成立的,但含义模糊,
that
是指
student
呢,还是指
school,
不清楚 这个关系分句的先行项显然是
student,
为了明确起见,还是用
who / whom
为好。又例如:
There
were some
students at the party who(m) I must
shun. 有些学生在聚会上我必须回避。
There was a certain Mrs Jones
in
the
village who(m) none
of
us liked.
He talked brilliantly
of
the
man
and
the books that interested him.
c) 当 先行项 all
或其他指物的不定代词(如
anything,
something,
nothing)
时,关系代词作主语通常用
that,
作宾语用
that/zero。例如:
All
that live must die.
(全都一样,生者必有一死。)
(D
也并不绝对排除用
(all)
which
的可能性,间或可见这样的句子:
This
is
all
which
Mr
Black
could
offer.这就是所有布莱克先生能提供的。
All
(that)
I
want
is
peace and quiet.
所有我要的就是和平与宁静。
d) 当先行项 指人并带有 only,
all, any
等限定词时,其后用作分句主语的关系代词通常用that, 在这种搭配中,用that比who普通。例如:
Any boy
that
wants to succeed must
work
hard. 任何孩子,想要成功,都必须努力。
Ask
Mr
Green, or any
other person
that
is
likely to know. 问问格林先生或其他任何人,只要是可能知道的。
Newton
(牛顿)
was
one
of
the greatest men
that
ever lived.
He's
the cleverest man
that
ever taught
in
our school.