Question

Urgent！一道英语题目

1 a) After meeting the kings of Britain andBelgium he returned to America by boat.
b)After he meet the kings of Britain and Belgium he returned to America by boat.
c) Before he returned to America by boat he me
t the kings of Britain and Belgium.
questions1 Do the frist three sentences have similar or different meanings?
2-In which sentences are after /before followed by:
*the past simple? *the -ing form *a noun?

Answer 1

the frist three sentences have similar meanings
在他面见我了应该为何比利时国王以后，他乘船回到了美国。
After可以作介词和连词，介词后接名词，代词或动名词，连词后接时间状语从句。

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没懂﹋ 连词什么的

追答

连词是词类的一种，须要在后面接一个句子。

Answer 2

1. They have the similar meanings 

2. In the first  sentence (a)  , after  is followed by the -ing form  .

   In the second sentence (b) and  the third sentence (c),after and  before are followed by the past simple.
   

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Can U help me translate those sentences?

追答

1. 前三个句子意思相近。

2. 在第一个句子中， after  后跟的是动词的ing 形式。

   在第二和第三个句子中， after 和before 后跟的是一般过去时。

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After 后面可以用两种时态？

追答

after 有两种词性， 既可以是连词， 也可以是介词。
当after是连词时， 后跟一个完整的句子， 那就要考虑谓语动词的时态。
eg .After he met the kings of Britain and Belgium he returned to America by boat.

当after 是介词时， 后面可以跟名词或动名词也就是动词的ing 形式 。
eg.After meeting the kings of Britain andBelgium he returned to America by boat.

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