定语从句专题讲解
定语从句专题讲解定语从句专题讲解 一、基本概念:一、基本概念: 在复合句中,修饰某一名词或代词的从句叫定语从句。 Do you know the man who spoke at the meeting just now? That is the house where he lived ten years ago. 定语从句所修饰的词叫先行词; 定语从句一般用关系代词或关系副词来引导, 关系词放在先 行词与定语从句之间起连接作用,同时又作从句中的一个成分。 引导定语从句的关系代词有:that, who, whom, whose, which,as 关系副词有:when, where, why. 二、关系词的用法:二、关系词的用法: (一)关系代词的用法:关系代词的用法: 1. 作主语用 who, which 和 that, 如: He is the man who/that lives next door. The train which/that has just left is for Shenzhen. 2.作宾语用 whom, who, which, that, 如: The man (whom/who/that) we have just seen is a famous writer. Where is the book (which/that) I bought last week? 注:在非正式文体中,用于指人的关系代词who whom, that 通常可以省略,但在正式文体中通常用 whom,不可省略;用于指物的关系代词which和that 在非正式文体中也通常省略,但在正式文体中 一般不省略。 3. 作定语用 whose, 如: (a) He is the man whose car was stolen last week. (b) It was a meeting whose importance I did not realize at that time. 注:“whose +名词中心词”这一结构在定语从句中既能作主语 (如上 a 句),又能作宾语(如 上 b 句)。whose 的先行词常用来指人,但有时也可以用来指具体事物或抽象概念,这时 可以与 of which 结构互换,词序是:“名词+of which”,如: They came to a house whose back wall had broken down (= the back wall of which) He’s written a book the name of which I’ve completely forgotten. (= whose name) 4. 作表语只用 that ,它既可以指人,也可以指物,但时常省略。如: He is no longer the man that he used to be. This is no longer the dirty place (that) it used to be. (二)关系副词的用法:关系副词的用法: 1.when指时 间, 在从 句中 作时间 状语 ,它 的先 行词 通常 有: time, day, morning, night, week, year等。 如: I still remember the time when I first became a college student. Do you know the date when Lincoln was born? 注:when 时常可以省略,特别是在某些句型和某些时间状语中。如: Each time he came, he did his best to help us. But help never stopped coming from the day she fell ill. 2. where 指地点, 在从句中作地点状语。 它的先行词常有: place, spot, street, house, room, city, town, country 等。 This is the hotel where they are staying. I forget the house where the Smiths lived. 注:where 有时也可以省略。如: This is the place (where) we met yesterday. 3.why 指原因或理由,它的先行词只有reason。如: That is the reason why he is leaving so soon. 注:why 时常也可以省略。如: That is the real reason he did it. (三) 使用关系副词应注意下列几点:使用关系副词应注意下列几点: 1. 这三个关系副词在意义上都相当于一定的介词+which 结构: when = on (in, at, during…) + which; where = in (at, on…) + which; why = for which. 如: I was in Beijing on the day when (=on which) he arrived. The office where (=in which) he works is on the third floor. This is the chief reason why (=for which) we did it. 2. 当先行词是表时间的 time, day等和表地点的 place, house 等时, 一定要注意分析从句的结 构,如果缺少主语或宾语时,关系词应该用which 或 that, 缺少时间状语或地点状语时,才 能用 when 或 where,试比较: I’ll never forget the day when my hometown was liberated. I’ll never forget the days which/that we spent together last summer. His father works in a factory where radio parts are made. His father works in a factory which/that makes radio parts. 3. when 和 where 既可以引导限制性定语从句, 也可以引导非限制性定语从句。 而 why 只能 引导限制性定语从句。 三、限制性定语从句与非限制性定语从句 1. 限制性定语从句说明先行词的情况,对先行词起限定作用,与先行词关系十分密切,不 可用逗号隔开,也不可省略,否则全句意义就不完整。如: This is the telegram which he refers to. Is there anything (that) I can do for you? 2. 非限制性定语从句只是对先行词作补充说明,没有限定作用,它与先行词的关系比较松 散,因而不是关键性的,如果省略,原句的