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定语从句
Attributive Clause
定语从句的概念
定语从句是修饰某一名词或代词的从句,即由一个句子来充当定语。
It’s an invention which is used for keeping off the rain.
You must do everything that I can do.
定语从句的分类
限制性定语从句:与先行词关系密切。如果去掉定语从句,主句不完整,与先行词之间无逗号。
He asked me a question which was about my study at school.
非限制性定语从句:对先行词起补充说明作用。如果删除,主句意义仍然完整,与先行词之间有逗号。
My aunt Alice, whom I haven't seen for years , is coming next month.
如果去掉红色部分,句子意思显然不完整。
如果去掉红色部分,主句意思仍然没有多大影响。
定语从句的关键要素
先行词:被定语从句修饰的名词或代词叫先行词。
关系词:引导定语从句的关联词称为关系词,关系词有关系代词和关系副词。
关系词的分类
关系词的功能
关系代词:who/whom, that, which, as, whose
关系副词:when, where, why
① 引导定语从句
② 代替先行词
③ 在定语从句中担当一个句法成分
关系代词that引导的定语从句
that可以指人或指物;在句中充当主语或宾语。
指物:This is a book that interests a large number of people. (作主语)
Is anything (that) I can do for you? (作宾语)
指人:He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree. (作主语)
He is a man (that) you can safely trust. (作宾语)
注:① 关系代词that、which、who (宾格whom) 在从句中作宾语时,特别是在口语或非正式的书面表达中,常常省略。
② that不用于非限制性定语从句。
③ that不可置于介词后作宾语。
which/who/whom引导的定语从句
which指物;在句中充当主语或宾语。
The bus which has just left was the last one today. (作主语)
The fish (which) I bought this morning were not fresh. (作宾语)
who/whom指人;在句中分别充当主语或宾语。
The expert who visited our class yesterday is from Canada. (作主语)
Is he the boy who always wins maths competitions. (作主语)
The one (who/whom) we are talking about is a scientist. (作宾语)
This is the teacher to whom I referred. (作宾语)
关系代词whose引导的定语从句
whose引导的定语从句先行词既可是人,也可是物;whose在句中作定语。
先行词(人):She is the girl whose brother is studying abroad.
I talked with the man whose house was destroyed in the flood.
先行词(物):The room whose window faces south is mine.
He has written a book whose name I’ve forgotten.
注:当关系代词whose指代物时可以用“of which”替换。如:
I’d like a room whose window faces south.
= I’d like a room of which the window faces south.
= I’d like a room the window of which faces south.
关系代词as引导