文法淺釋- (119)

文法淺釋- (119)

文法(grammar)與句型(sentence patterns)

九、 主詞與動詞之一致 (Agreement)

16) Yesterday’s assignment is one of those that are meant to be a challenge.

        (昨天指派的任務，就是預定作為給我們的許多挑戰之一。)

t hat (關係代名詞)之單複數應與其前述詞 (antecedent) those 一致

17) A list of names and addresses is put on the bulletin board.

              (一列名字和地址貼在佈告欄上)        

a list of + 複數名詞 + 單數動詞，因 a list 當主詞。他例：

A team of VIPs is meeting today in a secret downtown location to select the winner.

 一群達官顯要們，今日在市區某一秘密地點集會來票選優勝者。** 比較：                                   

A series of stamps are exhibited.  一系列的郵票被展出。 series  n. 屬單複數同型；

a ~ of + 複數名詞 + 複數動詞

比較：Had the Smiths won, some were predicting a flood of such suits from other home

buyers unhappy with declining home values.

如果史密斯家人贏了官司，有人預測會有許多其他對房價下滑不高興的屋主，提出類似

的訴訟。(a flood of + 複數名詞，如海水般湧入，比喻「很多」

A host of (=Many) difficulties arise. 很多困難產生了。

                                                                                                                                                                                        

﹝精選句子﹞

1)   47 % of U.S. small-business owners say that they’d keep working

even if they won $10 million in the lottery.   

(百分之47的美國小生意老闆說，即使中了樂透獎一千萬他們仍會繼續工作。)

2)  A man’s life is to be measured by what he does in it, and what he

thinks and feels in it.  The more useful work the man does, and the

more he thinks and feels, the more really he lives.  The idle, useless

man, no matter to what extent his life may be prolonged, is merely a vegetable.  (註：to what extent =how)

(人的一生是以其所作所為、所思考、及所感受來衡量；他的工作愈有用，他的思考與感受就愈多，而其人生也愈實在。懶惰無用之徒，無論其壽命延長多久，也不過是平庸之輩。)

3) This was not so much political strategy as the almost theological mission of the  amateur philosopher and published poet McCarthy.

與其說這是政治戰略，不如說幾乎是這位業餘哲學家，與出版過詩集的麥卡錫之傳教士使命。(註：the+N. and +N. 指同一人)

09/18/2015

Justin Lai 編