1) 定语从句有限制性和非限制性两种。限制性定语从句是先行词不可缺少的部分,去掉它主句意思往往不明确;非限制性定语从句是先行词的附加说明,去掉了也不会影响主句的意思,它与主句之间通常用逗号分开,例如:
This is the house which we bought last month. 这是我们上个月买的那幢房子。(限制性)
The house,
which we bought last month,
is very nice.这幢房子很漂亮,是我们上个月买的。(非限制性)
2) 当先行词是专有名词或物主代词和指示代词所修饰时,其后的定语从句通常是非限制性的,例如:
Charles Smith,
who was my former teacher,
retired last year. 查理·史密斯去年退休了,他曾经是我的老师。
http://
yingyu.
chazidian.
com My house,
which I bought last year,
has got a lovely garden. 我去年买的的那幢房子带着个漂亮的花园。
This novel,
which I have read three times,
is very touching. 这本小说很动人,我已经读了三遍。
3) 非限制性定语从句还能将整个主句作为先行词, 对其进行修饰, 这时从句谓语动词要用第三人称单数,例如:
He seems not to have grasped what I meant,
which greatly upsets me. 他似乎没抓住我的意思,这使我心烦。
Liquid water changes to vapor,
which is called evaporation. 液态水变为蒸汽,这就叫做蒸发。
说明:关系代词
that和关系副词
why不能引导非限制性定语从句。
【限制性和非限制性定语从句】相关文章:
★ 2016届高考英语考前语法讲解:高考常考的定语从句八大类
★ 两种定语从句的区别
★ 2014职称英语考试语法句型辅导:限制性和非限制性定语从句
★ who(whom)和that的用法详解,它们之间有何区别
★ 限制性和非限制性定语从句
★ 专四35条阅读难句指导:sentence 1
★ 定语从句详解:考研英语语法篇
★ 大学英语四级考试阅读理解难句解析(1)
★ 高中英语语法-限制性与非限制性定语从句四区别之一
★ 限制性定语从句与非限制性定语从句究竟有何区别