who引导表语从句的特殊用法

Who可以引导表语从句,但它的意思应该是表示“谁”。如:

The problem is who is to blame. 

My question is who will marry a poor man like me. 

The problem is who is to pay and when we can start. 

但我看到这样一个句子,这个who不是表示“谁”,是一种特殊用法吧:

Destiny has ordained that they are who they are. 

请分析一下!谢谢!

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最佳答案 2015-09-04 10:36

Destiny has ordained that they are who they are.

翻译:命运已经决定了他们的性格和为人。

who 的三种用法:

1. 疑问代词,引导特殊疑问句:Who are you talking about?

2. 连接代词,引导名词性从句:I don’t know who you are talking about.

3. 复合关系代词(也可叫复合连接代词),引导名词性从句:

The woman is very rich now. She isn’t who she was. 这位女子现在很有钱了,她不是以前的那个她了。

作为复合关系代词,who 没有疑问的意思。它相当于the person who/that,who本身既充当了先行词,又充当了关系代词两个角色。

She isn’t who she was. 相当于:She isn’t the person who/that she was.

你的句子 Destiny has ordained that they are who they are. 直译是“命运已经决定了他们是些什么样的人。”意味着:命运已经决定了他们的性格和为人。

不过,who的这种复合关系代词的用法,较为少见,远不如what用得经常。例如:

What is in the box is an apple. (=The thing that is in the box is an apple.)

判断 who 是连接代词,还是复合关系代词,有一个规则请参考:一般说来,who 引导的句子如果跟“疑问,询问,怀疑,质疑,好奇,不知道,想知道,不清楚,不明白,不理解,不确定,悬而未决”等意义的词连用时,那么,who往往就是“连接代词”。反之,则是“复合关系代词”。

你这个句子My question is who will marry a poor man like me. who为何带有疑问的含义?因为有一个question作主语,结果如此。

Destiny has ordained that they are who they are.中,who是“复合关系代词”,那么,相当于Destiny has ordained that they are the persons that/who they are.

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