作者scju (QQ)
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标题[文法] be added to the normal devotion
时间Mon Sep 11 23:30:40 2017
大家好,请教一下
在颜元叔的「大学阅读文法」一书中,有这一则内容:
As a matter of fact, if the father is a drunk and/or a poor provider, the
relationship may even be strengthened because of a natural sympathy that may
be added to the normal devotion through religion, propinquity, sentiment, and
habit.
(Harry Golden, "Fathers And Sons")
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想请问介系词片语「through religion, propinquity, sentiment, and habit」的修饰
对象。书里的解说是说,上述的介系词片语修饰「the normal devotion」。
http://i.imgur.com/0oHIRHj.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/B1McxvE.jpg
可是照理来说,这个介系词片语其实也可以修饰「a natural sympathy that may be
added」,好像意思也蛮合理的?这该如何判断呢?
有在英语讨论区发问,网友Tdol回答:
Devotion can result from religion, proprinquity, sentiment and habit.
However, a father who is drunk or a poor provider may also have strong bonds
caused by natural sympathy, which excuses his behaviour. Counter-intuitively,
being a weaker father may cause a strong bond.
(
https://goo.gl/Ktna1T)
就我的理解,他是从Devotion这个字义,认为上述的介系词片语确实是这样修饰没错。而
natural sympathy是自然出现的。(题外话:以常理来看,一个酗酒或是失功能的爸爸,
真的会引起「自然的同情」吗?我满怀疑的。)
所以像这种介系词片语可能产生的,模拟两可的修饰,似乎真的只能从意思来判断罗?不
过我认为,这对於我们非母语人士来说,还真有点困难。像我看到这种句子,不自觉地就
会先入为主的落入「may be added...through」的句型中QQ
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1F:→ dunchee: "真的只能从意思来判断"-> 一直都是如此。不考虑意思的 09/12 00:26
2F:→ dunchee: 话,那麽这就像拼积木,只要能「拼」的都可以凑,差别只 09/12 00:26
3F:→ dunchee: 是最终结果是否 make sense 而已。所以除了你提出的「拼 09/12 00:26
4F:→ dunchee: 凑方式」,比如through引导的phrase也可以是有副词功能, 09/12 00:26
5F:→ dunchee: 所以也可以修饰前头的动词(们) 09/12 00:26
6F:→ dunchee: 但是这样子的盲目拼凑往往无意义 09/12 00:30
感谢D大!
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