五、关系词—关系代词
1、He is a good student who studies hard.
2、He is a boy whom everyone loves.
3、He is a man for whom I enjoy working.(whom既不能做主语也不能做宾语,此时关系代词之前应置介词。)
关系代词之前有介词时,介词可移至引导的定语从句句尾,此时可省略关系代词。
He is a man I enjoy working for.
先行词为专有名词及独一性名词,如father、mother,之后若接关系代词引导的定语从句时,该关系代词之前一定要置逗号,此时该定语从句就称为非限制性定语从句。
He has just come back from New York, which is a very big city in the United States.
先行词为一般名词且本身并未具特殊性,可用定语从句加以限制,以加强其特殊性。限制性定语从句,将之译成“ … …的”,其关系代词前不置逗号。翻译时, 先译定语从句,再译先行词 。
He is a boy who works hard .
that也可当作关系代词,取代who、whom和which,但使用时有两个条件:
只能使用that的情况:
Gambling is the last thing that I would do.
He is the best student that I have ever seen in Guilin.
All that he said is true.
He 15 the only friend that I have.
He works hard , which is a fact that is known to us .
He is not the man that he once was.
Look at the boy and the dog that are coming this way.
限制性定语从句中,若 关系代词为主语时,该定语从句可化简为分词短语 。法则如下:
The girl who danced here yesterday is my sister.
The girl dancing here yesterday is my sister.
I like the car which is parked in front of the post office .
I like the car parked in front of the post office .
非限制性定语从句则 不能化简 。
关系代词所引导的定语从句中, 若该关系代词之前有介词时,可将该从句变换成不定式短语 。
He has no house in which he can live .
He has no house to live in .
我们曾在第一章谈到think 、believe 、feel、consider 、find等动词可作 完全及物动词或不完全及物动词 。
I think that he is nice.(完全及物动词)
He is a man who I think is nice.(此类动词属于插入语)
I think him to be nice.(不完全及物动词)
He is a man whom I think to be nice.(做不完全及物动词,此类动词不再是插入语)