5 《白鲸记》中的这个句子应该如何理解?

But wherefore it was that after having repeatedly smelt the sea as a merchant sailor,I should now take it into my head to go on a whaling voyage.

以上句子来自《白鲸记》第一章,请教一下老师们,这个it was that是什么结构?that是引导表语从句吗?应该如何理解?


希望老师解惑,谢谢!

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最佳答案 2020-11-28 14:36

这不是一个完整的句子,而只是but后接一个名词性从句。wherefore=why, 在此为疑问副词,在强调句型中引导名词性疑问分句。相当于:

But why it was that...

我用一个简单的句子解释。

I sold my house because I needed a lot of money to pay my medical bill.

用强调句型强调原因状语:

It was because I needed a lot of money to pay my medical bill that I sold my house.

就划线部分提问,得到特殊问句:

Why was it that you sold your house?

如果这个问句作名词性成分,则为:why it was that I sold my house.

例如:The question was not when I sold my house. But why it was that I sold my house. 

用wherefore 替换 why,得到:

The question was not when I sold my house. But wherefore it was that I sold my house. 

你的句子就是这种结构。

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  • SgtMitchell 提出于 2020-11-27 23:55