Question

一个简单的英语问题！！！！！！！！

People who work in offices are frequently referred to as "white-collar workers' for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work.坐办公室的之所以常常被称作“白领工人”，就是因为他们通常是穿着硬领白衬衫，系着领带去上班。

语法书上解释是 to refer to...as.... 把。。。。称作。。。。

而句子中是are frequently referred to as ，为什么to后面直接跟了as，to后的宾语就不要了吗？？
那为什么变成被动语态 ，宾语就要提前?????????????

Answer 1

这个叫做被动语态
People who work in offices是宾语，这个句子实际上是it refer to people who work in offices as ....
因为变成被动语态 宾语提前
呵呵楼主不要困惑了 这就是语法哈 不能改变的，人家外国人就是这么说话的。

Answer 2

to 的宾语是people. refer to sb as 是固定搭配，在这里是换作主动语态是refer to people as.
因为宾语是动词作用的对象，只有动词有被动语态，所以要将宾语提前 。

Answer 3

不是不要了，是移位了！
你好好看一下，这个句子是个被动语态。
切忌学英语不要拘泥于语法！