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The one thing we should strive to get rid of as quickly as possible are fossil fuels to prevent the deaths they cause each year and to slow down climate change.

各位老师好，请教一下这句话是否正确？（句子来源于一个科普视频）

主语the one thing是单数，表语fossil fuels为复数，系动词为are，这符合主谓一致吗？为何主语不用the things?

希望老师解惑，谢谢！

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最佳答案 2021-02-11 12:01

这个句子结构安排有问题，可以做如下修改：

What we should strive to get rid of as quickly as possible are fossil fuels to prevent the deaths they cause each year and to slow down climate change.

作为融合型关系代词，what=the thing(s) which, 即可以是单数意义或复数意义。这种句子语法上称为假拟分裂句，是一种强调手段。本句强调的是to get rid of 的宾语fossil fuels。不强调的普通句式为：

We should strive to get rid of fossil fuels as quickly as possible to prevent the deaths they cause each year and to slow down climate change.

也可以用 it-分裂句（即强调句型）来强调：

It is fossil fuels that we should strive to get rid of as quickly as possible to prevent the deaths they cause each year and to slow down climate change.