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He seemed set on course to become just as reckless a godfather to Teddy Lupin as Sirius Black had been to him.

不应该是 seem to do sth吗?为什么在这句话里不这么用?

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最佳答案 2017-12-22 13:00

He seemed set on course to become just as reckless a godfather to Teddy Lupin as Sirius Black had been to him.

【翻译】他似乎正要成为小泰德·卢平的鲁莽的教父,恰恰就像小天狼星布莱克以前是他本人的教父那样。

【分析】真正理解这个句子,它有两个重要结构,必须弄清楚:

1. be set on course:意为“正在规定的路线上;正在路上”;引申为“正要做某事;就要怎样”。本句翻译为“正要”二字。

过去分词set 用作形容词,作表语。seem 是“系动词”,用法之一就是直接跟形容词作表语:seem + 形容词。这样seem 就代替了be,当然说 seem to be set on course 也可以,略嫌啰嗦。

2. as A to B as C to D:这是一个“比喻”结构。意思是:A对B而言,就像C对D一样。所以,本句翻译成:他成为小泰德·卢平的鲁莽的教父,恰恰就像小天狼星布莱克以前是他本人的教父那样。


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曹荣禄  
擅长:动词用法,句法问题

和godfather搭配的介词是to,而不是of. 例如:

You're mad because he was Godfather to Carlo's boy.

你因为他给卡罗的男孩子当教父也就气得不顾一切了。《海词词典》例句。

因此,句中的介词短语to sb不是“对某人而言”或“对某人来说”的意思,而是某人的教父。

seem set on course=seem to be set on course. set是过去分词作表语,不是动词原型。

seem可以是系动词,后接形容词或名词作表语。这时可以理解是省略了to be。例如:

He seemed tired.= He seemed to be tired.

He seened a fool. = He seemed to be a fool.

to become (just) as reckless a godfather to Teddy Lupin as Sirius Black had been to him.

这其实就是as...as比较结构。特殊一点的就是被as修饰的形容词作单数名词的定语时,as+形容词位于不定冠词之前。另外,某人的教父英文为a godfather to somebody。

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陈才   - 英语教师
擅长:中考英语,词法问题

He seemed set on course to become just as reckless a godfather to Teddy Lupin as Sirius Black had been to him.

参考译文:他觉得对于小泰德·卢平来说,自己正要变成一个像小天狼星布莱克一样鲁莽的教父。(set属于分词形容词了)

以上结构为:seem +V-ed to do sth, set为形容词化的过去分词。

He seemed interested to do anything those days.
那些日子里他好像有兴趣做任何事情。


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