My oldest son had just finished an extended holiday stay prior to moving to a new
state,a new job,and the next chapter in his life.
本句中stay prior是什么意思,做句子的什么成分呢?如果是这么短的定语,为什么会后置呢?谢谢老师了
刘老师:
以上句子应该把stay prior 改为非谓语动词 staying prior 形式,因为句子没有连词,不能出现2个谓语动词。staying prior to 就是现在分词作状语结构。(备注句子谓语为had finished)
(1)prior adj. 优先的; 占先的; 在…之前;
(2)be prior to 在…之前
(3)stay prior 为系动词+形容词构成系表结构,表示处于某种状态
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以上解答,不知Expert 是怎么理解的?这么简单的句子,被解释得这么复杂而且错误。
stay 和prior 没有任何关系。应该这样划分和理解句子:
My son (主语)had finished(谓语)a hoildy stay (宾语)prior to moving to....(介词短语,作时间状语)
【说明】stay 是名词,不是动词,很明显之前有冠词和其他词修饰;prior to 叫做短语介词,意为“在...之前”,等于before。
关于“短语介词”
由一个或几个简单介词和一个或几个其他词类组合构成的介词称为短语介词。短语介词在意义和作用上相当于一个简单介词。
1. “其他词类 + 介词”格式:
prior to 在...之前
according to 根据
along with 与……一起
instead of 取代,而不是
regardless of 不管
apart from 除了
owing to 因为
due to 因为
thanks to 幸亏;由于
because of 因为
north of 在...北方
2. “介词 + 名词 + 介词”格式:
in place of代替
in front of...在……前面
at the top of...在……顶上
in spite of 尽管
on behalf of代表
at the cost of...以……为代价
by means of通过,借助于
by way of 经由
with regard to关于
陈老师:
My oldest son had just finished an extended holiday stay prior to moving to a new
state,a new job,and the next chapter in his life.
以上句子应该改为下面的句子
My oldest son had just finished an extended holiday staying prior to moving to a new
state,a new job,and the next chapter in his life.
=Staying prior to moving to a new state,a new job,and the next chapter in his life, my oldest son had just finished an extended holiday
=Before moving to a new state,a new job,and the next chapter in his life, my oldest son had just finished an extended holiday
(staying prior to moving a new state, a new job, and the next chapeter in his life 在句中作时间状语,相当于 before moving to a new state....)
参考译文:我的大儿子在移居到另一个州,换一份新工作并开始人生的新篇章之前,刚刚休完一段长假。
本句中stay prior是什么意思,做句子的什么成分呢?如果是这么短的定语,为什么会后置呢?谢谢老师了
回答如下:
以上句子应该把stay prior 改为非谓语动词 staying prior 形式,因为句子没有连词,不能出现2个谓语动词。staying prior to 就是现在分词作状语结构。(备注句子谓语为had finished)
(1)prior adj. 优先的; 占先的; 在…之前;
(2)(be/stay) prior to 在…之前 相当与 介词before
(3)staying prior to... 为现在分词作时间状语
补充回答
第2种理解就是像刘老师所说的,把stay 当作名词看待的花,就是和修饰成分即分词“形容词extended”+“名词holiday”一起“an extended holiday stay”作谓语动词"had finished"的宾语。如果把"stay"当名词使用,“语法上是没有问题的,但是在语义上解释太牵强了不符合句子意思表达”这也是我没有按照这种方式解释的原因。如造成不便,还请谅解。特别声明,我当然知道stay 不仅可以作行为动词,系动词,而且还可以作名词使用。 (以上仅代表个人看法,不一定正确,如有不妥或者不正确,还请指正,谢谢!)