文档介绍:Grammar and usage
Non-restrictive attributive clauses
非限制性定语从句
1. 定语从句分为限制性定语从句(restrictive )和非限制性定语从句(non-restrictGrammar and usage
Non-restrictive attributive clauses
非限制性定语从句
1. 定语从句分为限制性定语从句(restrictive )和非限制性定语从句(non-restrictive)两种。限制性定语从句紧跟先行词,与先行词之间一般不加逗号;非限制性定语从句与主句之间通常用逗号分开。
Differences between the restrictive and non-restrictive attributive clauses.
Ⅰ
限制性定语从句与先行词关系密切,是先行词不可缺少的部分,如果去掉它,主句意思往往不明确。
非限制性定语从句是对先行词的补充或说明,去掉它也不会影响主句的意思。
Compare:
The accident happened on March 1, 2006, which was my 18th birthday.
The accident happened on the day when I lost my job.
One herdsman,who looks after 800 sleep
at most, earns 650 yuan a year.
The herdsman you met yesterday earns
650 yuan a year.
Ⅱ
翻译方式不同,表达的意义也有差别.
限制性定语从句往往翻译在先行词前,
而非限制性定语从句可翻译成一个并
列的分句.
1) I have a sister who / that works in a hospital. 我有一位在医院工作的姐姐。
2) I have a sister, who works in a ,她在医院工作。
不只一位姐姐
只有一位姐姐
3. The magazines here which / that have nice pictures in them were written by him. 里面有漂亮图画的那些杂志是他写的。
4. The magazines here, which have nice pictures in them, were written by him. 所有的杂志都是他写的, 里面都有漂亮的图画。
杂志有两类以上
杂志只有一类
Ⅲ
关系代词的区别:
非限制性定语从句不可用that引导,其
它的和限制性定语从句一样