请教《小王子》里的一个句子结构分析

请老师帮忙分析一个句子结构,并请详细解释:Of what moment now was my hammer, my bolt, or thirst, or death?

此句来源于以下这段话:

The night had fallen. I had let my tools drop from my hands. Of what moment now was my hammer, my bolt, or thirst, or death? On one star, one planet, my planet, the Earth, there was a little prince to be comforted, I took him in my arms and rocked him.

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最佳答案 2017-10-07 22:11

The night had fallen. I had let my tools drop from my hands. Of what moment now was my hammer, my bolt, or thirst, or death?

【翻译】夜幕已然降临,我把手中的工具放下。现在,我的锤子、螺栓、饥渴抑或死亡,还重要吗?

这句话中,moment 是抽象意思,意为“重要,重大”,等于importance。 Of what moment = Of what importance = How important。

这是一个特殊疑问句,实际表达反问的意思。我改写一下:

Of what importance now was my hammer, my bolt, or thirst, or death?

How importnt now was my hammer, my bolt, or thirst, or death?

of 表示“事物具有的品质或特性”,之后一般跟表示“意义的抽象名词”,例如:quality(质量), value(价值),use(用途), importance(重要性), significance(意义), beauty(美丽),moment(重要,重大)等。

把“of + 抽象名词” 理解为形容词用法。例如:

This method is of use. 这种方法有用处。(of use = useful)

This book is of value. 这本书有价值。(of value = valuable)

The meeting is of importance. 会议很重要。(of importance = important)

我演绎一下结构的转换:

of use = useful

用于特殊疑问句时,Of what + 名词 = How + 形容词:

of what use = how useful 

What use is the book of? = 

Of what use is the book? =

How useful is the book?


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曹荣禄  
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The night had fallen. I had let my tools drop from my hands. Of what moment now was my hammer, my bolt, or thirst, or death? On one star, one planet, my planet, the Earth, there was a little prince to be comforted, I took him in my arms and rocked him.

of great moment是一种过时的说法,意为important。

My hammer is of great moment=My hammer is very improtant. 

改为问句形式则为:

Of what moment is my hammer?我的钉锤重要吗?

从这段话的上下文可以看出,夜幕已经降临,(暗示现在做什么都已经晚了,没用了。)我的工具从我手中掉落我也不在意了。现在我的钉锤、螺栓还有什么意义呢?(已经不重要了。)口渴、死亡还有什么重要意义吗?(没有意义了。)在地球这个星球上,有一个小王子需要安慰,我怀抱着他,轻轻摇晃着。

这个句子两个语法点:

of great moment=important.

Of what moment now was my hammer...?是特殊疑问句形式的修辞性问句,表示的是一种强烈的否定句的意思,即我的钉锤等一点都不重要了。

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  • wilbq 提出于 2017-10-07 13:46

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