英语从句的省略规律

1. But for those digging through the debris, every passing hour snapped their strength and their hopes of finding more victims alive.

请问老师,but for those digging through the debris在句子中做条件状语从句吗,不是独立主格对吗?those 后面省略了who were 对吗?完整结果应该是 “but for those who are digging through the debris” 对吗?

2. Those not entombed by the bomb-blasted buildings ran and ran—just as they did eight years earlier, when another terror attack shoot this mighty symbol of America’s power.

句2中开头,those 后面省略了who were 对吗?

 请问老师,句1和句2属于同一性质的问题吗?什么时候定语从句中的 who be 可以省去?


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最佳答案 2017-05-09 16:38

可以理解两句中的分词作定语都是定语从句的省略形式,也可以认为就是分词直接作定语。有时候是省略了从句中 who 和 be,有时候不是。如:

those loving sports=those who love sports

第一句中的but for不是表示虚拟条件的“要不是……的话”。but 是并列连词,与上句形成转折关系。for 在这里是“对于……来说”。

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陈才   - 英语教师
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同意曹老师解答

现在分词作后置定语有2种含义

A:进行时态的定语从句简化形式(既表主动行为,又表进行行为)

结构如下:

名词+doing sth

=名词+关系代词+be doing sth

The man talking to the teacher is my father

=The man who is talking to the teacher is my father.

B:一般时态的定语从句简化形式(只表示主动行为)

结构如下:

名词+doing sth

=名词+关系代词+do sth

She needs one house facing south.

=She needs one house which faces south.

(备注:以上句子属于第2种,即B结构用法)

but for 属于含蓄虚拟条件一种结构形式(“要不是..)

But for the rain we should have had a pleasant journey. 

要不是下雨, 我们会有一次愉快的旅行。 


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