词组 | It seems as if(as though) |
释义 | It seems as if(as though)★ 【问】 It seems as if you are the first one here. (DAI) 看来你是第一个来这儿的。 请问as if从句是什么类型的从句? 【答】 CGEL对此类句型的分析如下: “The verbs... seem,appear,look... are complemented by an adverbial clause beginning asif...” (...seem,appear,look...等动词可由as if引导的状语从句来补足……) 这就是说,CGEL的作者们仍把as if从句看作是状语从句,同时,又把它看作是seem,appear,look等连系动词的补足语。我们认为这种分析方法有其不妥当之处。大家知道,在含有状语从句的句子里,如果把状语从句去掉,句子在结构和语义上仍是完整的。但是,在Itseems as if(as though) ……句子里,如果去掉as if从句,则句子无论在结构或语义上都是不完整的,因此这里的as if从句更象是一个表语从句(参见It seems that)。请分析下面的例句: 1. It seems as if there will be an election soon. (LDCE) 看来很快就要举行选举了。 2. It seems as if the weather is im proving. (CGEL) 看来天气要变好。 (参见It looks as if) 赵振才 编著.英语常见问题解答大词典.哈尔滨:黑龙江人民出版社.1998.第1023-1024页. |
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