3 I promised 和 I have promised 对比分析 Last spring my wife suggested that I call in a man to look at our lawn mower. It had broken down the previous summer, and though I promised to repair it, I had never got round to it. I would not hear of the suggestion and said that I would fix it myself. 1) 从时间上看， promised 在前， got round to it 在后，所以，为什么前者没有使用过去完成时，只使用了一般过去时，而后者恰恰相反，反而使用了过去完成时，没有使用一般过去时呢？ 另外， hear of the suggestion 是听说过这个建议吗？为什么不是 listen to the suggestion 呢？ One Saturday afternoon, I hauled the machine into the garden and had a close look at it. As far as I could see, it needed only a minor adjustment: a turn of a screw here, a little tightening up there, a drop of oil and it would be as good as new. Inevitably the repair job was not quite so simple. The mower firmly refused to mow, so I decided to dismantle it. The garden was soon littered with chunks of metal which had once made up a lawn mower. But I was extremely pleased with myself. I had traced the cause of the trouble. One of links in the chain that drives the wheels had snapped. After buying a new chain I was faced with the insurmountable task of putting the confusing jigsaw puzzle together again. I was not surprised to find that the machine still refused to work after I had reassembled it, for the simple reason that I was left with several curiously shaped bits of metal which did not seem to fit anywhere. 2) reason that... 应该是同位语从句，不是定语从句吧？我感觉这里的 I was left with 中的 with 可以不需要也是正确的？这里的 shaped 是形容词 “ 形状的 ” 意思吗？ 3) which did not seem to fit = which seemed not to fit 吗？ seem 也需要否定前移吗？ I gave up in despair. The weeks passed and the grass grew. When my wife nagged me to do something about it, I told her that either I would have to buy a new mower or let the grass grow. Needless to say our house is now surrounded by a jungle. Buried somewhere in deep grass there is a rusting lawn mower which I have promised to repair one day. 4) "Buried somewhere in deep grass " 和 “ which I have promised to repair one day” 二个定语都是修饰 a rusting law mower 吗？还有为什么不是 which I promised 过去时？ 对比前面的 and though I promised... 是过去时，可是最后 which I have promised... 为何又使用了现在完成时呢？

最佳答案 2022-03-12 13:37 1 读文章要有全局观，不要眼睛只看到眼前的这一个句子。 my wife suggested... 给你设定了一个过去时间，与这个时间同时的动作用一般过去时，在此之前的动作用过去完成时。所以 promised 是在 suggested 这个时间的动作， had never got round to it 是 suggested 之前的动作。 2 你学过的 hear of sth 的语义在此显然讲不通，此时你就该查词典。你会发现 not hear of 是另一种用法，你的知识就增长了。例如《韦氏高阶》 not hear of : to not allow (something) We tried to pay him for his help, but he wouldn't hear of it. [=he wouldn't allow us to pay] 3 that 是同位语从句。 I was left with 中的 with 不可以没有。 leave sb sth 和 leave sb with sth 意思不同。你查查词典。 curiously shaped 作定语，你按照过去分词或形容词理解都是可以的。 4 Buried somewhere in deep grass there 表语前置， there 是副词作 grass 的定语， is 为系词，后面是主语。这是完全倒装句，主语置于句末起强调主语的作用。 promise 用现在完成时强调过去动作对现在的影响，而不仅仅是表示动作发生在过去，这个定语从句含有让步状语的意味。 如果觉得我的回答对您有用，请随意打赏。你的支持将鼓励我继续创作！ 收藏 1 收藏， 4102 浏览 ykqstudy 提出于 2022-03-06 16:07 一般过去时还是现在完成时(But you promised与But you have promised) 6 回答