下面这个句子,在 there be 之间插入了 are known to:
There are known to be thousands of different species of beetles.
类似的好像还有:
There was said to be a fire in that building last night.
引句中在 there be 之间插入了 was known to。
请问:上面两句中的 thousands of different species of beetles 和 a fire 是什么句子成分?是主语吗?
1. There are known to be thousands of different species of beetles.
= It is known that there are thousands of different species of beetles.
这里的 thousands of different species of beetles 是主语。
2.There was said to be a fire in that building last night.
= It was said that there was a fire in that building last night.
这里的 a fire 是主语。