我认为这个that从句是sighs的宾语从句。词典告诉我们,sigh除了可以表示叹气,还可以表示叹一口气说话。此时sigh为及物动词,其宾语可以是直接引语,也可以是that引导的宾语从句作间接引语。
例如《韦氏高阶》:“I may never see my old home again,” she sighed. 她叹了一口气说:“我可能再也见不到我的老房子了。”
COCA语料库例句:One day, while at the store buying groceries, Patty was stopped by a man and asked if she could help him pick good vegetables. He sighed that his wife, who had " died a while back, " was the one who always did the shopping, and he was at a loss when it came to picking good vegetables. 他叹了一口气说他妻子去世有一段时间了。以前总是妻子购物,。。。这里就是sigh后接that从句作间接引语。
She sighs with relief that it was all over. 网友这个句子其实也是that从句作间接引语。她松了一口气说,终于都过去了/结束了。
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