词组 | of mine/of me |
释义 | of mine/of me 【问】 1. “The tenor in the opera last night was very good. ” “Yes,he’s a favorite____” A. to me B. to mine C. of mine D. of me (TOEFL) 2. A friend____came to see me yesterday. A. of me B. of mine C. for mine D. for me(EPT) 3. “Who are those boys?” “Those boys are friends of____. ” A. them B. they C. their D. theirs 我知道上列三道题的正确答案分别为of mine和theirs。但是,我不明白,为什么“of+代词宾格”结构(of me,of them)不能表示所有关系。这似乎是不符合逻辑的。the grav-ity of the earth,the daughter of a man,如果用it代替the earth,用him代替a man,不正好是the gravity of it,the daughter of him吗? 【答】 这主要是一个惯用法问题。R.Quirk等把the daughter of him称作古怪的句子。但这绝不是说,“of+代词宾格”结构永远不能表示所有关系,也绝不是说所有的“of+代词宾格”结构都是错误的,而只是说,这种结构只能用在极其有限的固定搭配中: 1. I can’t understand it for the life of me. (CGEL) 我一辈子也不能理解这件事。 2. I don’t trust the likes of him. (CGEL) 我不相信他这一类人。 3. The accident was the death of him. 这次事故使他丧生。 (参见double genitive) 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713页. |
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