Not all that Mrs. Bennet, however, with the assistance of her five daughters, could ask on the subject was sufficient to draw from her husband any satisfactory description of Mr. Bingley. 這是傲慢與偏見開頭第三回的一個句子,請問此句子的正確語序是什么,感覺主語都找不到了,這是什么語法啊?到底Not是否定哪個謂語呢?是倒裝句還是All的部分否定。多謝指點!
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這個句子的確有點復雜,現分析如下: 1. 句中的 however, with the assistance of her five daughters 為插入成分,可以先撇開不看。于是原句可簡化如下:Not all that Mr. Bennet could ask on the subject was sufficient to draw from her husband any satisfactory description of Mr. Bingley. 2. 在上面這個簡化的句子中,由于動詞 draw 的賓語 any satisfactory description of Mr. Bingley 過長,被后置了,其實此句的正常語序是這樣的:Not all that Mrs. Bennet could ask on the subject was sufficient to draw any satisfactory description of Mr. Bingley from her husband. 3. 經過上面的分析可以看出:原句的主語是 not all,其后的 that Mrs. Bennet could ask on the subject 為修飾 all 的定語從句。這個再簡化一下,就是這樣:Not all that…was sufficient to draw sth from sth.