现在分词做定语可以放在中心词前面也可以后面,这个我理解。
但是后面的 the years that followed,关系代词 that 做 followed(follow 过去式)的主语。the following years为什么会等同于the years followed?
现在分词作定语,被修饰名词必须是分词动作的发出者(施事者),即逻辑主语。the following years中,following是不及物动词的follow的现在分词。这就是说year和follow是逻辑主谓关系。改为定语从句时,that指代years并在从句中作主语。不及物动词follow作谓语。至于用什么时态,取决于句子的语境,不一定都是一般过去时。如果有人或某本书告诉你 the following years = the years that followed. 那是因为在the following years在原文中表示的已经过去的那几年。例如:His father was killed in the war. His life was really difficult in the following. 此时如用定语从句则为:His life was really difficult in the years that followed. (in the following years = in the years that followed. ) 下面句子时态就不同了:If you are but in prison, your son's life will be difficult in the following years. 此时,in the following years 可以换成 in the years that follow.
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我列举4 种表达,对比分析如下:
1. the following years (正)
2. the years following (误)
3. the years following World War II (正)
4. the years that followed (正)
从以上对比可以看出:
单个的现在分词作定语,应放在被修饰词之前(如句1)。
不能放在被修饰词之后(如句2)。
如果放在后面,就要使用定语从句(如句4)。
如果following 用作及物动词跟宾语,这时成了现在分词短语,须置后作定语(如句3)。
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现在分词做定语可以放在中心词前面也可以后面,这个我理解。
但是后面的 the years that followed,关系代词 that 做 followed(follow 过去式)的主语。the following years为什么会等同于the years followed?
(1)in the following years(以现在时间为起点今后)
=in the years that are going to come
=in the years that are to come
=in the years that follows
在接下来的几年里
还可以把following 当做形容词理解 意思“接下来的,之后的,后面的”
In the following years, his fortunes improved considerably.
在后来的几年中, 他的运气大为好转.
in the following years有以下2种理解
(1)in the years that followed(表示在以过去时间为起点,接下来的几年)
(2)in the years that follows(表示一现在时间为起点,接下来的几年)
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