状语从句的省略(unless caught very young)

老师好。我今天看到一个句子。 

A tiger cant be tamed unless caught very young. 

我可以认为 unless 后面的 caught 是因为省略了it is,但是 后面very young我就想不通了。应该不能还原成 unless it is caught when it is very young 吧 ?那岂不是相当于连when也省略了? 谢谢老师!

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最佳答案 2019-08-29 23:43

A tiger cant be tamed unless caught very young. 

= A tiger cant be tamed unless it is caught very young. 

在 it is caught very young中,very young为形容词作状语。

例如: He died young. = when he died he was young.

We caught the tiger very young. = When we caught the tiger, it was very young.

这种结构通常分析为形容词作状语。

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luozhen

你这么理解是可以的,就是说除非它小时候被抓住。

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  • wong 提出于 2019-08-28 00:34

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