1、省略that/which的定语从句
That 或which在从句中做宾语时
The dog that fights with the cat is cute.
The dog that the boy loves is cute.
Practicality, common sense, and native intelligence have been considered more noble qualities than anything you could learn from a book. (2004-4-4)
The railroad industry as a whole, despite its brightening fortunes, still does not earn enough to cover the cost of the capital it must invest to keep up with its surging traffic. (2003-3-5)
"Large numbers of physicians seem unconcerned with the pain their patients are needlessly and predictably suffering," to the extent that it constitutes "systematic patient abuse. ” (2002-4-9)
Nothing could persuade me to return to the kind of life Kelsey used to advocate and Ionce enjoyed: 12-hour working days, pressured deadlines, the fearful strain of office politics and the limitations of being aparent on "quality time". (2001-5-3)
2、介词+which引导的从句充当定语
Therise of anti-happy art almost exactly tracks the emergence of mass media, and with it, a commercial culture in which happiness is not just an ideal but anideology.
(2006-4-4)
On the other hand, oil-importing emerging economies一to which heavy industry has shifted一have become more energy-intensive, and so could be more seriously squeezed.(2002-3-4)
Most journalists learn to see the world through a set of standard templates (patterns) into which they plug each day's events. (2001-3-3)
Consequences follow from this, of course, some of which are that ambition is drivenunderground, or made sly.(2000-5-3)
America's capacity utilization, for example, hit historically high levels earlier this year, and its jobless rate (5. 6% in August) has fallen below most estimates of the natural rate of unemployment—the rate below which inflation hastaken off in the past. (1997-5-4)
Today the messages the average Westerner is surrounded with are not religious but commercial, and forever happy. (2006-4-6) |
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