editor sent a fax (intructing him to find out the exact number of stepsand the height of the wall)
編輯發(fā)了傳真,
括號內(nèi)是分詞短語,做定語,不是動(dòng)名詞.
The problem facing us.
The story concerningthe person who.
類似這些.去掉ing可以嗎？當(dāng)然不可以.因?yàn)檫@個(gè):the editor (at once) sent the journalist a fax 已經(jīng)是完整句子了.自然后面不能再出現(xiàn)謂語,就要改成非謂語形式,采用分詞形式,是最常見的.那括號里的內(nèi)容修飾誰呢？如果是定語 那它的功能是不是相當(dāng)于一個(gè)定語從句了呢你看一下：the editor at once sent the journalist a faxwhich was intructing him to find out the exact number of stepsand the height of the wall.這里應(yīng)該出現(xiàn)was嗎？改成定語從句這個(gè)動(dòng)詞instrct才怎么變？+ed? +ing? v.原？如果用了which定語從句,那么就不是簡單句了,從句中,可以有自己完整的語法結(jié)構(gòu).所以是這樣;the editor at once sent the journalist a faxwhich/that (后面是從句) instructedhim to find out the exact number of stepsand the height of the wall.instruct [in'strʌkt] 英漢翻譯vt. 命令；教授；指導(dǎo)；通知因?yàn)槭侵笇?dǎo)他...而不是被指導(dǎo)他,...要用主動(dòng)形式.沒有was.如果說he was instructed ,他被指導(dǎo),才是被動(dòng).