Legend has it that a monster lives in the mountains. 结构分析。
Legend has it that a monster lives in the mountains.
这是一种什么结构？
刘永科
Legend has it that... 这种结构，说它是一种“固定习语”当然没有问题。不过，从语言研究的角度考虑，这多少有点“搪塞”之意。
我试着从语言结构和语用方面，分析一下：
1.这类结构的主语虽然是单数可数名词，但一般省略冠词，这属于典型的口语现象——为了简练。
2. have是个多义词，其中有一个意思是：“说；宣称”。但是，这个词不像say那样，可以跟that从句，它一般只接名词或代词作宾语。不可直接说：Legend has
that...，这时，需要加一个形式宾语it，然后再跟that从句。又如：
Rumour has it that we'll have a new manager
soon. 据说我们不久就要来一位新经理。
Rumor has it that the factory burned down. 谣传那家工厂被大火烧毁了。
Legend has it that the fairy princess fall
in love with a pauper. 据传说，那位仙女般的公主爱上了一个贫儿。
Legend has it that a monster lives in the
mountains. 传说山上住着一个怪物。
Report has it that you are married. 据说你已结婚了。
Tradition has it that Bridge of Allan
copper was used in the first coinage of halfpennies. 相传，英国艾伦桥镇的铜被用于最早的半便士的铸造。
Online gossip has it that it’s an
airbrushed hip. 网络上盛传那是经过“修饰”的臀部。
此外，主语也可以是“人”。例如：
He will have it that he knows best. 他会说,他了解得最清楚。
They will have it that they are right. 他们硬说他们是对的。
He will have it that you are wrong. 他会硬说你错了。
He will probably have it that our plan is
impracticable. 他可能会说我们的计划不切实际。
The newspapers have it that some Japanese
firms have gone bankrupt. 报上说一些日本商号破产了。
Shakespeare has it that all the world is a
stage. 莎士比亚说整个世界只是一个舞台。
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