Years of experience in the
industry—and failed attempts to use technology—have convinced him that the best
way to check cattle is with a man on a horse.
这是2021年新高考全国卷2阅读理解D的一个句子。前面一个网友问了 failed 的用法。但我觉得这里还有一个用法比较奇怪,那就是 with a man on a horse,这是 with 复合结构吧,它可以用作表语吗?求专家分析指点,谢谢!
附全段材料作参考:
For Texas cattleman Pete Bonds, it’s increasingly difficult to find workers interested in watching cattle. But Bonds doesn’t believe a robot is right for the job. Years of experience in the industry—and failed attempts to use technology—have convinced him that the best way to check cattle is with a man on a horse. Bonds, who bought his first cattle almost 50 years ago, still has each of his cowboys inspect 300 or 400 cattle daily and look for signs that an animal is getting sick.
这个with a man on a horse 应该不是with复合结构,而是普通的介词短语,on a horse是定语,修饰a man, 即骑马的人。句子上下文逻辑告诉我们,赶牛群的最好的方法就是用骑马的人,而不是用机器人或其他高科技技术。
with复合结构其实就是介词with后接了复合宾语,本质上仍然是一个介词短语,而介词短语可以作状语、定语和表语,所以with复合结构也应该可以作表语的,虽然相对较为少见。例如下面COCA例句就是with复合结构作表语:
The only way I actually like to drink it is with lemons added!
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