Question

英语句子成份问题

he is said to have been dead for five years.
这句话怎么翻译呀？
分析一下句子成分。
为什么使用 have been dead?

Answer 1

可翻译为：据说他已离世有5年。have been dead可以理解为表示处于某种状态的完成时态。其它比如：I have been here 2 hours waiting for you.“be said to...”是个短语，表示“据说...”。

Answer 2

人们说他已经死了五年来。
is said，人们说
to have been dead，不定式 to be dead 的完成时，表示持续的状态。

追问

to have dead不行吗？

追答

dead 是形容词，前面要加 be。所以不行

追问

哦！没注意到这个，那用to have died为什么不行呢

追答

额，还是不行。die 是非持续性动词，一般不能用于完成时。
比如，不能说，He has died for three years.
可以说：He died three years ago. 或是： He has been dead for three years.

追问

那all that can be done has been done? 前面的that为什么不能换成what?

追答

因为what引导从句时，相对于the thing that，既是先行词，又是连接词。
all是先行词，that引导定语从句。
所以不需要再加先行词了。

Answer 3

He is said to have been dead for five years.=They say that he has been dead for five years.
句意是：“据说他已经死了五年了”。
He 主语
is said to have been dead 谓语(复合谓语)
for five years介词短语做时间状语

追问

复合谓语？这句话没有宾语吗？
那all that can be done has been done?
前面的that为什么不能换成what?

Answer 4

据说他已经死了五年了。
he ,主语， is said 谓语 to have been dead for five years 整个做宾语。have been dead 是个现在完成时，表示从过去一直持续到现在的动作。

Answer 5

据说他已经死了五年了。

因为是用谓语