作者scju (QQ)
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标题Re: [文法] 词典里头用逗号连接consisted与varied?
时间Sat Apr 22 10:09:08 2017
※ 引述《jtmh (:))》之铭言:
: ※ 引述《scju (QQ)》之铭言:
: : 大家好,请问一下
: : 1.在Longman Idioms Dictionary的SPIRIT条目中,看到这样的例句:
: : Albert's diet consisted of microwave meals, varied by cooking in a disgusting
: : frying pan when the spirit moved him.
: : 里头consisted和varied都是动词,却只用逗号连接,是否有误呢?
: : 如果是分词,就变成:
: : Albert's diet consisted of microwave meals which were varied by cooking in a
: : disgusting frying pan when the spirit moved him.
: 我觉得这边的
: varied by cooking in a disgusting frying pan when the spirit moved him
: 应该是补充说 Albert's diet 偶尔会有的变化,
: 而不是後面的 microwave meals。
如果是microwave meals,那就是:
Albert's diet consisted of microwave meals, which were varied by cooking in a
disgusting frying pan when the spirit moved him.
如果是指Albert's diet consisted of microwave meals这件事,那就是:
Albert's diet consisted of microwave meals, which was varied by cooking in a
disgusting frying pan when the spirit moved him.
也就是which後面会有单、复数be动词的差异。
: : 那我想再问,类似的结构:
: : Depending on where you ate, small orders of fries could vary by 110 calories
: : and by 320 milligrams of sodium.
: : 为何同样是vary後面加by,前面那句用被动语态,後面那句则是主动语态呢?
: : 想厘清这两句话的by的意思。
: : 谢谢!
感谢!
查了OALD线上版
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/by_1?q=by
前面的那句的by应该是第二个意思:
used, usually after a passive verb, to show who or what does, creates or
causes something
後面的by则是第八个意思:
used to show the degree or amount of sth
翻译大概是:
不同地点的餐厅,小份薯条的内容可能会有高达有110大卡热量和320毫克钠含量的差异。
以上是我的理解。谢谢!
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补充国外网友的回应:
The version with "which was" doesn't work. The reader will mentally replace
"which" with microwave meals, which is plural.
https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/249037-Is-it-a-run-on-sentence
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