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.