while doing

She argues that the concept is neither class-bound nor rigid; conventions of gentlemanly behavior enable a man to act naturally as an individual within shared assumptions while taking his place in society.

问：句中taking his place什么意思？其前的连词while是“与……同时”的意思，可为什么take要有ing形式 ,其主句应该是 conventions of gentlemanly behavior enable a man to act naturally as an individual within shared assumptions，而其中主句主语是conventions of gentlemanly behavior 吧？

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分类：状语从句

最佳答案 2022-04-16 10:50

while taking his place in society 为时间状语，修饰不定式to act。to act 被三个状语形式，naturally为方式状语，as an individual within shared assumptions也是方式状语，while+doing为时间状语。taking his place in society字面意思为在社会上占有一席之地，可以引申为在社会上为人处世。while doing sth可以有二种理解，一种是while引导时间状语时，可以省略与主句相同的主语及动词be，即原句为while he is taking his place in society. 另一种理解是，现在分词在句子中作状语时，为了表明分词作何种状语，可以在分词前加上连词，例如，if doing，while doing，when doing，though doing，而分词doing并不一定为进行体意义，可以是一般体意义。所以 while taking his place in society 可以改写为while he takes his place in society.

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擅长：动词用法,句法问题 | 采纳率 82% | 回答于 2022-04-11 17:01

while doing

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