老师好,请大多数词典中More基本上被看成限定词,副词,代词的词性,很少有看到形容词性的描述。我的问题有两个:
1):More到底能能不能作形容词?如果有请帮举例一下。
2):请问如下三句话中的more词性到底是代词还是形容词?因为如果按照than看成关系代词看 more好像应该看成代词,但如果将than看成连词,more到底是什么词性呢?多谢各位帮给予解惑,谢谢。
That’s more than I can tell(简直不懂);
The beauty of the place is more than I can describe(非我所能形容);
His insolence is more than I can stand(受不了);
你的三个句子其实是同一种结构。be more than sb can +及物动词或不及物动词+介词,这种结构中,more为代词,根据than从句谓语动词的意义,more隐含了一个形容词+ a thing.例如:
That’s more than I can tell.
= That's more complicated a thing than I can tell.
The beauty of the place is more than I can describe.
= The beauty of the place is more delicate a thing than I can describe.
His insolence is more than I can stand.
= His insolence is more unpleasant a thing than I can stand.
划线部分为主句的比较项,其在从句的对应项由than替代,在从句中作宾语(than分析为比较代词)。或理解主句比较项的对应项在从句必须省略,所以从句及物动词的宾语空缺,形成空位gap (按照than为连词分析)。无论哪种解释,都可以看出more在此不可能是形容词,否则无法解释从句及物动词宾语的缺失。
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