Asked to nominate their ideal body figure, one in four children chose ideal body figures thinner than their perceived actual body.这句话中开头的Asked to...中是省略了(when the children were) asked to...这样吗?如果是,但是为什么when也省略了呢?
Asked to nominate their ideal body figure
=When asked to nominate their ideal body figure
= When they were asked to nominate their ideal body figure (they 即 one in four children )
【说明】最后一种用法是时间状语从句,必须使用连词;前两种表达法是分词短语作时间状语,分词前面可以用连词,也可以不用连词。