【例句一】
If your freedom means to you that there is no higher good than going out there and making happen what you want make happen, then you are not free
① There be + 比较状语从句,一般的比较状语从句都是有实意的名词做主语进行比较,比如 he is no taller than, 用there be似乎不太习惯,这里是否可以改为 nothing is higher
② than + going分词,为什么要用分词形式的going,是省略了you are?Than (you are) going,还是mean doing的形式?Than (means to you) going
③ make happen 书本给出的含义是“实现”,但词典里找不到类似含义
【例句二】
You have to make things happen if you want them to happen
happen 理解为“发生,实现”,译为:
如果你想实现这些事情,你就必须实现它们
如果你想让这些事情发生,你就必须实现它们
好像怎么翻译都有点不通顺?
【例句三】
He didn’t want to make known his intention to go abroad
known 是形容词做宾补?那么改为:His intention to go abroad is known (by us)
改成这样的话known似乎是个动词,而且词典里说known 做形容词“只能用于名词之前”,也就是说不能用作表语形容词,也就不能做表语型宾补。这里的known该如何理解?
【例句四】
He made it clear that he objected
She made plain that she liked him
① 形容词做表语型宾补,如果宾语是从句,可以改为that从句做主语
that he objected is clear
that she liked him is plain
② 这两句都是接that从句,为什么一个用it 做形宾,一个不用,如何判断何时该用it做形宾?
【例句五】
Word power made easy
① Word power (which is) made easy,如果按照限制性定语从句来翻译,easy似乎无处安放,译为“被掌握的词汇力量(是)轻松的”,似乎说不通
是否可以把做后置定语的过去分词,转化为一个被动句,再根据句意或中文习惯处理为主动句,即:
Word power is made easy
Made word power easy
译为:掌握词汇的力量很轻松
② easy 是形容词做宾补,Word power is easy,词汇的力量是轻松的。力量一般不说轻松的,应该是说掌握的轻松,所以是否应该用副词easily?
【例句六】
The tests mentioned above were developed by doctors in Russia
这一句的mentioned above 似乎和前面的made easy有点不同,词典说:above做形容词“只能用于名词之前”,也就是说不能用作表语形容词,不能做表语型宾补。那么只能说 the above tests, 不能说 the tests are above。这里的above该如何理解?
【例句七】
All rights reserved
People involved
You will be liable for any damage caused
① 单个分词做定语一般都是前置,而这里却做后置定语,是否可以把这些分词前置?
② 单个过去分词做后置定语,是译为定语从句,还是也可以译为被动句?
被保留的所有权
所有权被保留
1、网友给的句子少打了一个to,所以会出现认识上的错误。完整的句子应该是:If your freedom means to you that there is no higher good than going out there and making happen what you want to make happen, then you are not free.
这里的to make happen是不定式做后置定语修饰what you want这个由what引导的名词性从句,其中what作make的宾语,即:使你希望之事发生(成就你的希望)。然后这个what you want to make happen整体再作making的宾语(这么表达确实很绕,其实写成:making happen what you want也能表达出类似的含义,但作者又给what you want加了一个不定式做定语,表明是强调你希望让你想要的事物能实现),就是说确实做到能够成就你希望之事。那么整句话的大致含义就是:如果自由对你而言意味着没有比走出去使你成就你想要之事更好的了,那么你并不自由。
2、than + 动名词,这个than是介词不是连词,后面的going out......动名词短语作介词than的宾语。
以上分析仅供参考。