Question

The man speaking to the teacher is our monitor's father. 请问to the teacher 是什么结构

The man speaking to the teacher其中speaking修饰前面的名词man 那后面的to the teacher是什么结构呢 此处介词to 是表示"和某人"的意思吗

Answer 1

这种用法在英语中被称为"relative pronouns"。
The man speaking to the teacher is our monitor's father.
等同于 The man, who is speaking to the teacher, is our monitor's father.
who is 可以省略，同时去掉逗号。
这样就比较好理解了，speaking to the teacher是用来修饰the man的。

Answer 2

把speaking to the teacher看成一个整体，作后置定语。

speaking to the teacher是being speaking to the teacher的省略，而看成定语从句省略的看法是错误的，因为这个本身就是非谓语表达，现在的老师经常误导学生说是从句省略。

Answer 3

speaking to the teacher 在一起是现在分词短语，作定语，修饰the man。

追答

to the teacher 是介词短语，修饰现在分词，作状语。

speak to是可以理解为＂和某人讲话＂。

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