1. I hated the assignments to turn out long, lifeless paragraphs that were agony for teachers to read and for me to write.
2. When our class was assigned to Mr. Fleagle for third-year English I anticipated another cheerless year in that most tedious of subjects.
请问第一句话里面 turn out 后面是不是需要加 to be,第二句话里面 In that most tedious of subjects 如何理解? 谢谢!
1. I hated the assignments to turn out long, lifeless paragraphs that were agony for teachers to read and for me to write.
【翻译】我讨厌把作业写成冗长的、死气沉沉的长篇大论,这些让老师们读起来烦闷,我写起来痛苦。
2. When our class was assigned to Mr. Fleagle for third-year English I anticipated another cheerless year in that most tedious of subjects.
【翻译】当我们班被安排给弗莱格尔先生教三年级英语时,我准备着在这个最单调乏味的科目中,又要度过不愉快的一年。
请问第一句话里面 turn out 后面是不是需要加 to be,第二句话里面 In that most tedious of subjects 如何理解?
第一个问题:
turn out用作系动词,有“结果是;最后是;被证明是;被发现是”几个意思。可以直接跟名词或形容名词充当的表语,也可以加to be,再加表语。也就是说,此用法加不加to be 都对。
英语中,seem, appear, prove, turn out 等系动词后也可接不定式(尤其是 to be)短语作表语:
The boy seemed to be ill. 这个男孩好像病了。
He appears to know this. 他好像知道这一点。
The plan proved to be useful. 这个计划证明是有用的。
The weather turned out to be fine. 天气结果很好。
在这些系动词之后,to be可以省略:
He seems (to be) sad. 他似乎很伤心。
He appears (to be) angry. 他似乎生气了。
The news proved (to be) false. 那消息证明是假的。
The man turned out (to be) a thief. 那人结果是个小偷。
第二个问题:
在in that most tedious of subjects 中,that most tedious 是形容词的最高级,相当于名词或者省略了名词均可,这个名词就是of 后面的名词subject。that 指示代词,特指这个英语学科。例如:
Courage is the most important of all virtues. 勇气是所有美德之首。
It was done with the best of intentions. 是出于一片好心才这样做的。
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