英语后置定语题目

英语后置定语选择题检举|2012-9-25 21:47提问者： 756289057lxy|悬赏分：5|浏览次数：39次He is the only survivor ____ in his family after the earthquake.这个空的正确答案是alive，但是我认为living也可以啊。把living in his family作为survivor的后置定语。答：是的，但是意思不一样。He is the only suvivor alive in his family after the earthquake.= He is the only suvivor who is alive in his family after the earthquake.译：他是他们家地震之后那个唯一的还活着的（有口气的，还在人世的，没有死的) 幸存者。评：其实这个alive也是多余的，为出题目加上去的，因为suvivor本身就已经含有大难不死还活着的意思。如将suvivor改为person，这句话就比较好。这样，alive与in his family都是后置定语。他们家的，地震后还活着的就他一人。 而He is the only suvivor living in his family after the earthquake.= He is the only suvivor who is living in his family after the earthquake.译：他是地震之后那个唯一生活在他家里的幸存者。析：与单个词作后置定语的表语形容词alive不同，living 是由动词live变来的一个现在分词，作形容词用时是普通形容词，单个作定语要前置,如living things, a living man.而本句中是现在分词短语living in his family 作后置定语，=who is living in his family. 意为“正与他的家人一起生活的”，显然与本意不符。本意想告诉大家的是，在地震中，他所有的家人全死了。既然全死了，他现在怎么还可能：He is living in his family呢？