Question

帮忙英译汉

Arriving in New York, He saw the ship that was to take him to England disappearing over the horizon without him
1.整句意思
2.be后面可以加介词to ??
3.that引导的间接引语可以直接that +be ???

Answer 1

1.到了纽约，他看到那艘本来要载他去英国的船离他而去，消失在地平线。
2.be to do是搭配，意思是将要做某事 跟 be going to do 有相似意思，用法不同
3.这里that 引导的是一个定语从句，修饰的是ship,可以改成which was to take him to England... ,that 在从句部分充当从句部分的主语，that 指代ship,代进去就是 the ship was to take him...

Answer 2

到了纽约，他看到那艘本应载他去英国的船消失在视线中，离他而去
表示将要的意思
可以