在复合句中,修饰某一名词或代词的从句叫定语从句,定语从句所修饰的词叫先行词;定语从句一般由关系代词或关系副词来引导,关系词放在先行词与定语从句之间起到连接作用,同时又作从句中的一个成分。 ![]() 关系代词引导的定语从句 关系代词所代替的先行词是人或物的名词或代词,并在句中充当主语、宾语、定语等成分。关系代词在定语从句中作主语时,从句谓语动词的人称和数要和先行词保持一致。 1.who,whom,whose,that 这些词代替的先行词是人的名词或代词,在从句中所起作用如下: (1)Ishe the man who/that wants to see you? 他就是想见你的人吗?(who/that在从句中作主语) (2)Heis the man whom/that I saw yesterday. 他就是我昨天见的那个人。(whom/that在从句中作宾语) 2.Whose用来指人或物,(只用作定语, 若指物,它还可以同of which互换),例如: (1)Theyrushed over to help the man whose car had broken down. 那人车坏了,大家都跑过去帮忙。 (2)Pleasepass me the book whose (of which) cover is green. 请递给我那本绿皮的书。 3.which,that 它们所代替的先行词是事物的名词或代词,在从句中可作主语、宾语等,例如: (1)Aprosperity which/that had never been seen before appears in thecountryside. 农村出现了前所未 有的繁荣。(which/that在从句中作主语) (2)Thepackage which/that you are carrying is about to come unwrapped. 你拿的包快散了。(which/that 在从句中作宾语) 关系副词引导的定语从句 关系副词可代替的先行词是时间、地点或理由的名词,在从句中作状语。 1.when,where,why 关系副词when,where,why的含义相当于"介词+which"结构,因此常常和"介词+which"结构交替使用。 (1)Thereare occasions when (on which) one must yield. 任何人都有不得不屈服的时候。 (2)Beijingis the place where (in which) I was born. 北京是我的出生地。 (3)Isthis the reason why (for which) he refused our offer? 这就是他拒绝我们帮助他的理由吗? 2.that代替关系副词 (1)that可以用于表示时间、地点、方式、理由的名词后取代when,where,why和"介词+which"引导的定语从句,在非正式文体中that常被省略(正式文体中不可省略),例如: (2)Hisfather died the year (that / when / in which) he was born. 他父亲在他出生那年逝世了。 (3)Heis unlikely to find the place (that / where / in which) he lived forty yearsago. 他不大可能找到他四十年前居住过的地方。 (责任编辑:admin) |