原句:Relieved it was not anything dangerous or valuable, Jack gave Linda the pineapple.

译文:见不是什么危险或贵重物品,杰克把菠萝给了琳达。

请问老师,1)“relieved it was not anything dangerous or valuable”是过去分词作时间状语,relieved 之后省略了that,是吗?完整的过去分词作状语应当是“relieved that it was not anything dangerous or valuable”?that 为什么可以省略呢?

2)原句状语可等于 “When he was relieved it was not anything dangerous or valuable” , 正不正确?

3)relieve 是“使减轻痛苦或焦虑”,为什么可以译为“见到”?


原句:Relieved it was not anything dangerous or valuable, Jack gave Linda the pineapple.

译文:见不是什么危险或贵重物品,杰克把菠萝给了琳达。

请问老师,1)“relieved it was not anything dangerous or valuable”是过去分词作时间状语,relieved 之后省略了that,是吗?完整的过去分词作状语应当是“relieved that it was not anything dangerous or valuable”?that 为什么可以省略呢?

【答】relieved是形容词性质的过去分词,在实质应用中,它已经成为形容词了。

sb. + be + adj. + that... , 结构在英语中十分容易见到,that 可以省略,这种形容词一般表示人的情绪变化的词汇,that从句的内容总是是情绪变化是什么原因。比如:

I am happy/glad/pleased/delighted/disapppointed/sorry/sad that...

2)原句状语可等于 “When he was relieved it was not anything dangerous or valuable” , 正不正确?

【答】依据它和句子的关系,把这个形容词分词短语改为“时间状语从句”或“缘由状语从句”,都可以。

When he was relieved it was not anything dangerous or valuable ...

Because he was relieved it was not anything dangerous or valuable ...

3)relieve 是“使减轻痛苦或焦虑”,为什么可以译为“见到”?

【答】relieve 有以下几个意思,基本相同:

使...减轻痛苦或焦虑

使宽慰;使放心

减轻

解除

使得到解脱

使恢复健康

sb. is relieved:“人”作主语,用了被动语态,意思基本都差不多,就是:

某人非常宽慰

某人非常欣慰

某人非常放心

某人非常安心

某人非常放松

某人松了一口气

某人心神安定

原句漏掉了relieved 的意思,目前加上,应译为:

“见不是什么危险或贵重物品杰克放心了,就把菠萝给了琳达。”

4)原句有无being有什么区别在于不同前半句与后半句相比是同等要紧还是略次之,对吗?

若原句含有目前分词短语作状语,则可转化为含有主次之分的两部分,如:

Beingrelieved it was not anything dangerous or valuable,Jack gave Lindathe pineapple.

等同于=When he was relieved(that)it was not anything dangerous or valuable,Jack gave Linda the pineapple.

【答】形容词性的过去分词短语作状语时,通常都是表示状况的,这个时候,being 需不需要都可以,意思维持不变。以你的句子为例:

1. Relieved it was not anything dangerous or valuable,Jack gave Lindathe pineapple. =

2. Beingrelieved it was not anything dangerous or valuable,Jack gave Lindathe pineapple. =

转化为状语从句:

3. When he was relieved(that)it was not anything dangerous or valuable,Jack gave Linda the pineapple.

4.Because he was relieved(that)it was not anything dangerous or valuable,Jack gave Linda the pineapple.