But a wise historian is precisely what the Rev. Robert Strickland is not.
请教老师:此处的what怎么理解?这里是复合关系代词指代人吗?麻烦老师解释分析一下此处的what怎么理解?
你肯定在答疑网看过有关关系代词指人在限制性定语从句中作归属性表语时,只能用that(或省略that)不能用who的问题和解答。其原理是,归属性表语表示一个人的身份、职业、素养等,而不是这个人本身,所以用that引导从句而不能用who。
同样的道理,what引导名词性关系分句时,只要what在分句中作归属性表语,就可以指人的职业、身份、素养等。
But a wise historian is precisely what the Rev. Robert Strickland is not.
= But a wise historian is precisely the kind of person that the Rev. Robert Strickland is not.
你可以清楚的看出,what替换成the kind of person that, that在限制性定语从句中作归属性表语。这就是为什么what可以指人的道理所在。
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