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种类
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例句
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说明
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主语的省略
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Beautiful day (= It is a beautiful day), isn’t it?
Pity we live so far from the sea. (It is a pity we live so far from the sea.)
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有时也可省略整个句子的主语和谓语，只保留次要成分。
She was poor but (she was) honest.
--Did you know anything about the accident?
--Not until you told me. (= I didn’t know anything about it until you told me.)
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谓语的省略
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--what do you think made Mary so upset?
--Losing her new bicycle (made Mary so upset).
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状语从句的省略
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Seen from the plane (when it is seen from the plane), the house looks like tiny toys.
If (it is) possible, I’ll go there with you.
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注意状语从句中的主语同主句主语的一致性。
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不定式的省略
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The boy wanted to ride his bicycle in the street, but his mother told him not to. (not to ride his bicycle in the street.)
--Alice, why didn’t you come yesterday?
--I was going to (come yesterday), but I had an unexpected visitor.
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若不定式后面是完成时，省略时应保留have；不定式后含有动词be的结构时，也要保留be动词。
--Did you tell him the news?
--I ought to have (told him the news), but I didn’t know how to speak.
--Are you an engineer?
--No, but I want to be.
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