在一本书上看到这样一句,不明白句末为什么要加上 he was:
He sounded every inch the boss he was. 他俨然一副十足的老板派头。
he was 是定语从句,修饰 the boss。又如:
He’s not the writer he was. People are beginning to say he's played out. 他这个作家已是今非昔比。人们开始在说他写不出什么好作品来了。