名词 从属连词 句子=定语从句/同位语从句
例子1:Yet, being friendly is a virtue that many Americans value highly and expect from both neighbors and strangers.(1997年Text2)
从句类型:定语从句
辨别方式:a virtue(名词) that(从属连词) many Americans value highly and expect from both neighbors and strangers(句子)
译文:然而,表示友好是一种美德,美国人高度重视这种美德,并期望邻居和陌生人都能有这种美德。
例子2:One such cause now seeks to end biomedical research because of the theory that animals have rights ruling out their use in research.
从句类型:同位语从句
辨别方式:theory(名词) that(从属连词) animals have rights ruling out their use in research(句子)
译文:一个这样的事业现在正在寻求终止生物医学的研究,因为有这样一种理论说,动物享有权利禁止它们被用于实验。
◆定语从句和同位语从句的区分:既然定语从句和同位语从句在辨认形式上都是"名词 从属连词 句子",那么应该如何具体区分定语从句和同位语从句呢?这个时候重点在于从句中是否缺少成分:如果从句中缺少成分,那么应该就是定语从句;如果从句中不缺少成分,则是同位语从句。例子1中,从句中动词value和expect是及物动词,缺少宾语,因此that引导的从句应属于定语从句。例子2中,从句中不缺少任何成分,因此that引导的从句应属于同位语从句。