"I do worry sometimes that as soon as we leave the prayer breakfast,everything we have been talking about the whole time at the prayer breakfast seems to be forgotten, on the same day of the prayer breakfast,”he said.
that后面是worry的宾语从句,然后这个宾语从句又是一个as soon as 引导的时间状语从句,这么做可以么?还有类似的例子么?
▲宾语从句可以嵌套状语从句么?——完全可以的!英语中的状语在句子中的位置通常是比较灵活的。一般说来,“一个状语”离开了它通常的位置而放到其他非通常位置上,通常是为了强调或引人注意。
▲宾语从句可以嵌套状语从句的例证(注:句中括号内的 that 是笔者加上去):
I would have thought (that) if they were looking for redundancies I would be last on the list. 我本以为,要是他们打算裁员,我会是最不可能被裁的人选。(柯林斯词典)
Some bug in the program meant (that) when I typed in a letter I got a number instead. 这个程序有错误,也就是说,我输入字母却出现数字。(朗文词典)