我记得老师说过,英语是不能说 behind of 的。如:
误:He hid behind of a chair.
正:He hid behind a chair. 他躲在一把椅子后面。
但是看到下面这句就不明白了:
Memories lie behind of all that has happened.
请问句子中的 behind of 有错吗?是什么意思?
Memories lie behind of all that has happened.
▲句中的 behind of 并不构成搭配,它们只是碰巧用在了一起。
句中的of all that has happened 其实是修饰 memories 的,即:
Memories lie behind of all that has happened.
=Memories of all that has happened lie behind.
Memories of all that has happened 的意思是:对已发生一切情况的记忆。全句的字面意思是:对已发生一切情况的记忆都留存下来。变通一下就是:过往所发生的一切都存在于回忆之中。
▲上面句子中的 behind 是副词,有时 lie behind 中的 behind 是介词。如:
Malice lay behind his smile. 他笑里藏刀。
She understood the feelings that lay behind his angry words. 她明白他愤怒的话语之后的真实感受。
We’d like to know what lay behind her decision to change her will. 我们想知道她决定改动遗嘱的真正原因考什么。
Memories lie behind of all that has happened.
刘清沅老师对网友的这个句子提出了一种解释,即of介词短语是主语的定语,被谓语部分分隔了。
当一个句子的主语带有较长的后置定语,而谓语部分相对较短时,为了避免头重脚轻,通常将后置定语移至谓语之后,形成分隔式定语。这种分隔式修饰以同位语从句和定语从句较为多见。但本句中of介词短语与memories为动宾关系(memorize something),这种介词短语作定语也可以后移至谓语之后吗?有其它类似例句佐证吗?会不会是原句作者疏忽而误用了介词of?即去掉of,句子应为:
Memories lie behind all that has happened.
句子的大意为:以前的记忆是目前所发生的一切事情背后的原因。(这些记忆是什么在前文应该有介绍。)
这只是我的猜测,提出供大家参考。
另外,COCA语料库有如下一个例句,也供大家参考:
Such memories lie behind one of the hottest political debates in Poland right now -- how quickly to get rid of the old nomenklatura, the party elite now in a position to set themselves up in the newly privatizing industries.
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He hid behind a chair.
他躲在一把椅子后面。
Memories lie behind of all that has happened.
=Memories of all that has happened lie behind
参考译文:大家都记得以前发生过的事情.
lie behind 位于…之后; 留在…的后头; 是…的原因; 存在于过去;
Some difficulties lie behind us, but greater ones lie ahead.
有些困难已经克服了, 但更多困难还在前面.
Just as damaging are revelations of corruption that lie behind the shambles.
正如腐败隐藏在混乱背后,破坏是腐败的揭露者.
Some difficulties lie behind, but greater ones lie ahead.
已经历了一些困难, 但更大的困难还在前面.
Other motivation may also lie behind Sec.
其他的动机也可能背后秒.
What assumptions lie behind this point of view.
该观点背后存在什么假设?
They but dimly represent the great surging feelings and desires which lie behind.
它们只是模糊地代表了语言背后所隐藏的汹涌澎湃的激情和愿望.
What is essential is the invisible self, and what may lie behind appearances. 本质的东西乃在于不可见的自我, 以及隐藏于现象背后的东西.
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