Unit 24
省略与倒装
Ellipsis and Inversion
→24—1
话说省略
为了避免重复,使语言简练紧凑,在不引起误解的情况下,将一个句子中的一
个或多个成分省去,这样的句子叫做省略句。如:
一Hello,'m Jane..What's your name' 你好,我是简。你叫什么名字?
一Sarah.萨拉。
+24—2
省略的用法
1省略主语
通常多用在祈使句或口语的固定表述中。如:
Come here at once.请立即到这里来。
Have a good time.愿你过得愉快。
Help me!请帮帮我吧!
See you tomorrow.明天见。
2省略行为动词或系动词
通常是在句中第二次出现的动词或系动词。如:
Reading makes a full man;conference a ready man;writing an exact
man.读书使人充实,讨论使人机智,写作使人准确。(conference和writing后
省略makes)
Wang is a businessman,his wife a teacher.
王先生是生意人,她妻子是老师。(his wife后省略is)
Linda is as hardworking as her sister.琳达和她的姐姐一样用功。(sister
后省掉is)
Sophia is brighter than her brother.素菲娅比她弟弟聪明。(brother后省略
is)
3省略表语
一Are you all right?你一切还好吧?
一Yes,Iam.是的。(am后省略all right)
General Enish Grammar-Esis and nversion
376薄冰通用英语语法·省略与倒装
一Are you ill' 你病了吗?
一Yes,Iam.是的,我病了。(am后省略il)
4省略宾语
有些省略结构可省去宾语。如:
Keep away from children.谨防儿童使用。(away之后省略宾语this bottle
等)
James and Susan often go to plays but James enjoys the theatre more
than Susan does.詹姆斯和苏姗常去看戏剧,但詹姆斯较苏姗更喜欢看。(Susan
之后省略the theatre)
5省略定语
有些省略结构可省去定语。如:
If you need any of that firewood,I can give you plenty.你如需要这柴火,
我可以给你很多。(plenty之后省略定语of that firewood)
That letter was the last.那信是最后一封。(last之后省路定语从句I ever
received from her)
6省略状语
省略结构有时可省去状语。如:
Return soon as possible.速归。(电报用语,soon之前省略作状语的副词
as)
Cyril was not hurt..Strange!西里尔没有受伤。真奇怪!(strange前可看做
省略状语how)
7省略“主语+谓语”
有些省略结构省去了主语和谓语。如:
Anything not to have to do it.只要不去做此事,怎么都行。(anything之前
省略'川do)
A word about your composition.在现在谈一下你的作文。(a word之前省略
I'll say)
⑧省略“主语+连系动词”
①有些省略结构省去了主语和连系动词。如:
Though tired,Byron was not disheartened.拜伦虽然累了,但没有泄气o
(tired之前省去Byron was)
Too bad we don't have time.真糟糕,我们没有时间。(too bad之前省去itis)
②there be结构中亦可省去there be.如:
It was a great time.Offers of jobs poured in Lost of them.那是一个伟大
的时期。聘请式作的信雪片似地飞来。多得很。(lost of them之前省去there are)