關于until的使用方法
And I know that if we put our heads and our hearts into this company,we will deliver, I know that. Now, I love challenges. I love hard work. I look forward to sitting at this very table tossing ideas around until what I fear will be the wee hours of the morning. But most importantly, I want the work we do to say something about who we are, how we think, what we feel. So, as our friends in Hollywood say, “Let’s cut to the chase.”How are we gonna turn this company around?
這里的until是修飾謂語動詞look forward to 還是非謂語動詞sitting 還是tossing around? 我該怎么分辨? 另外這個until后跟的是個名詞還是句子?我判斷不出until在這里是介詞還是連詞,提前感謝各位老師,第一天注冊,還沒鮮花,深表歉意!
I look forward to sitting at this very table tossing ideas around until what I fear will be the wee hours of the morning.
1. 本句,until 是連詞,引導的是時間從句,是一個“主系表結構”。不是介詞。
2. what I fear (主語)will be (系動詞)the wee hours of the morning(表語):我擔憂的事兒是凌晨時分的到來。
3. tossing ideas around(反復考慮),目前分詞作 sitting 的隨著狀語。
4. 關于until 從句,到底是修飾謂語動詞look forward to,還是目前分詞sitting,還是 tossing around,這需要依據語義判斷。
(1)look forward to 表示,期待的結果是 sitting,該動作到 sitting 即結束,所以 until 不是修飾 look forward to。
(2)until 從句應該同時修飾 sitting 和 tossing 兩個動作,它們是同時進行的,而且是持續的。
【翻譯】我期待著坐在這張桌子旁,反復思量,沉思冥想,直到我擔憂的凌晨時分的到來為止。
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