proper用法疑惑

By the time I got to the village proper everyone was out to meet me. (EED).

当我到达村子里的时候,大家都出来迎接我。

不理解句中proper用法?词性是什么?麻烦老师对proper进行语法成分和句意分析。 谢谢!

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最佳答案 2019-04-16 15:38

proper 是形容词,作后置定语,修饰village。意为:“真正意义上的;本身的;为……的本身”,用作此意时,通常后置,用于名词后。例如:

Greece proper  希腊本国

the Dictionary proper  本词典正文

You can add proper after a word to indicate that you are referring to the central and most important part of a place, event, or object and want to distinguish it from other things which are not regarded as being important or central to it.


By the time I got to the village proper everyone was out to meet me.

【翻译】当我到达村子(中央)时,大家都出来迎接我。




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陈才   - 英语教师
擅长:中考英语,词法问题

By the time I got to the village proper everyone was out to meet me

proper  adj. 严格意义上的;狭义的(英文解释according to the most exact meaning of the word) 

The celebrations proper always begin on the last stroke of midnight. 

正式庆典总是在午夜钟声的最后一响开始。

备注:proper以上用法需要放在被修饰名词后面。

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By the time I got to the village proper everyone was out to meet me.

proper用于名词后面,指的是某物的主体或主要部分

After two day's marching through the foothills,they reached the mountain proper.

他们在山麓中长途跋涉两天以后,才真正地抵达了那座大山。

原文中the village proper或许想表达:当我(刚)到达(进入)村子时,比如刚一进村口,那么我所处的地点属于这个村子的范围区域,所以加了proper。

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