英文文法：分析 “He has a wish to travel around the world”
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(answered by: alexcwlin; edited by: Adam Lam)

Question:
请问一下He has a wish to travel around the world的句子成分？

这里的不定式to travel around the world解析说是同位语，可我觉得有三种理解方式，除了同位语，还有后置定语，翻译为他有一个想环游世界的梦想，或者是宾语补足语，补充说明wish，就跟He painted the wall white一样的用法

alexcwlin comments:

1.      The grammatical components of this sentence are as follows:

a.      Subject主语: “He”;

b.      Transitive Verb及物动词: “has”;

c.      Noun Phrase名词短语, Object 宾语of “has”: “a wish to travel around the world”

2.      Grammatical components of Noun Phrase “a wish to travel around the world”

a.      Noun Phrase名词短语: “a wish”;

b.      Infinitive Phrase 不定词短语, also an Object Complement宾语补足语: “to travel around the world”, modifying (修饰) the Noun 名词“wish”.
(Note: The phrase “around the world” is a Propositional Adverb Phrase 介词副词短语 modifying the Verb 动词“travel” in the Infinitive.)

3.      Appositive同位语

Simply put, an Appositive is renaming a Noun preceding it.

In “He, a rich man, has a wish to travel around the world, the world we live in”, both “a rich man” (which rename “He”) and “the world which live in” (which rename “world”), are appositives.