2 请问本题中gaily painted 的表述合适吗

The couple told the decorator that they wanted their bedroom gaily painted. The underlined part means___.

A. cheerfully B. light-heartedly C. brightly D. lightly

这是一道专四真题,答案是 C。但是我有两个疑问想请教各位专家老师。第一个是如果用 gaily painted,那么表达的意思不是 paint 这个动作鲜亮吗?而这个句子的本意是说给墙面喷漆得鲜亮一些,我觉得这种表述应该不妥吧。然后我查了牛津字典,paint 有一个用法是 “动词 + 名词短语 + 形容词”,比如: The walls were painted yellow. 这个句子。所以如果我将它改成 They wanted their bedroom to be painted bright. 行吗?

还有一个问题就是有解析认为A 选项不可以是应为cheerfully 是修饰人的心情的,不能修饰物。但是我查了牛津字典,里面提到 cheerful 是可以修饰物的,意思是“令人愉快的”,所以如果我如果这样说  They wanted their bedroom to be painted cheerful. 又可以吗?

谢谢啦!

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最佳答案 2021-03-23 16:41

The couple told the decorator that they wanted their bedroom gaily painted. The underlined part means___.
A. cheerfully B. light-heartedly C. brightly D. lightly

这是 want sth. done 结构。want 接复合宾语,过去分词作宾补。want 这种接复合宾语的用法,由于过去分词表被动,换成被动的不定式也可。

因为,want sth. done  = want sth. to be done 

所以, wanted their bedroom gaily painted =  wanted their bedroom to be gaily painted

brightly 是副词,与gaily 同义,修饰 painted。

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