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关系副词的一般用法
关系副词有when, where, why ,在定语从句中作状语,分别表示时间、地点和原因。when的先行词通常是表示时间的名词;where的先行词通常是表示地点或情形的名词;why的先行词只能是reason 。关系副词when和where有时可用"介词+ which"代替,why可用for which代替。如:
There are occasions when ( = on which) one must yield.
任何人都有不得不屈服的时候。
Beijing is the place where ( = in which) I was born.
北京是我的出生地。
Is this the reason why ( = for which) he refused our offer?
这就是他拒绝我们帮助他的理由吗?
【注】先行词虽然是时间或地点,但在定语从句中作主语或宾语时,要用关系副词。如:
1. The factory where his father worked has closed.
他父亲曾工作的那家工厂关闭了 。(作状语)
比较:The factory which/that was built in 1978 has closed.
1978年建的那家工厂关闭了。(作主语)
2.I'll never forget the days when we lived together.
我永远也忘不了我们一起生活的那些日子。(作状语)
比较:1,11 never forget the days (that) we spent in Australia.
我永远也忘不了我们在澳大利亚度过的那些日子。(作及物动词spent的宾语)
3. The reason (why) she was ill was that she had eaten bad meat.
她生病的原因是她吃了变质的肉。(作状语,用关系副词)
比较:The reason (that) he gave for his absence was obviously fabricated.
他所说的缺席理由显然是编造的。(作gave的宾语,用关系代词)
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