1.I need your help with the settlers as a precaution.
1)这句话里 with the settlers 是help的定语还是句子的状语? 2)with的含义是什么? 3)as a precaution是目的状语还是方式状语?
2.I lost a lot of family in Iraq.这句话family指家人不是家庭,那为什么不加s?
I need your help with the settlers as a precaution.
With 在……方面,with the settlers 作方面状语;as a precaution,作目的状语,“以防万一”。
I lost a lot of family in Iraq.
Family 是集体名词,表示“家庭”和“家人”时,单复数同形:
Each family in this area is equipped with guns.
这个地区家家佩枪。——张道真《英语语语法大全》
家人:
His family have
always supported him.(英式英语)
His family has always
supported him.(美式英语)
他的家人一直都支持他。——《韦氏高阶英汉双解词典》
**注意:当表示多个家庭时,要用复数 families**:
There were a lot of families at the circus.
这个马戏团里有好多家庭。——《韦氏高阶英汉双解词典》