We now have an annual date on which to celebrate one of humankind’s greatest and most complex creations.
问:此句中which是关系代词指代date?那么后面是定语从句了,可却直接是不定式状语,那定语从句的主语和谓语被省略了,是不是to前省略了we are?定语从句的省略和状语从句的省略一样吗?又有何不同之处?
介词+which/whom+to do不定式,称为带关系代词的不定式。是一种定语从句的简略形式,通常用于正式书面语体。这种不定式只能作定语。你可以理解这里省略了主语+be,也可以理解为省略了主语和情态动词,情态动词后的不定式改为to do不定式。例如下句:
I need a knife with which I can cut the watermelon. 我需要一把切西瓜的刀。
把这个句子中的 I can cut 改为to cut, 定语从句就简略为一个不定式短语作定语了。I need a knife with which to cut the watermelon.
非正式语体的定语从句由which或that引导,关系代词还可以省略,介词with留在句末。
I need a knife (that/which) I can cut the watermelon with.
这个定语从句也可以简略为不定式作定语,即省略关系代词,把 I can cut改为to cut, 得到:
I need a knife to cut the watermelon with.
你现在比较下面二个句子:
This is a comfortable chair on which to sit. 正式语体。
= This is a comfortable chair on which one can sit.
This is a comfortable chair to sit on. 非正式语体。
= This is a comfortable chair (that) one can sit on.
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