Question

小生在此请教大侠一个英语问题。

The shoppong malls---encouraging people to buy,buy and buy.
小生请教各位。这里有个“ are designed for only one thing”。不知道大侠们是把“are designed for ”在一起作为谓语呢，还是“are designed ”做谓语。“for 介词短语”作状语。
The shoppong malls are designed for only one thing---encouraging people to buy,buy and buy.小生请教各位。这里有个“ are designed for only one thing”。不知道大侠们是把“are designed for ”在一起作为谓语呢，还是“are designed ”做谓语。“for 介词短语”作状语。

Answer 1

are designed for 是一起作为谓语的。

追问

但是根据语法这里 are designed 表被动作谓语。for 表目的状语。为什么会一起做谓语呢

追答

我原来以为design for 是固定用法呢，刚刚查了不是。那就是design 的被动语态，for是介词短语。