省略是为了避免重复、突出新信息并使上下文紧密连接的一种语法 修辞手段。省略在英语对话中,是一种十分普遍的现象。那么我们常见的省略句子成分有哪些形式呢?
1.省略主语
Beg your pardon.
(我)请你原谅。(Beg 前省略了主语I)
Looks as if it will rain.
看起来象要下雨。(Looks 前省略了主语it)
2.省略谓语
The river was deep and the ice thin.
河水很深,冰很薄。(ice后面省略了was)
We'll do the best we can.
我们将尽力而为。(can 后面省略了动词do)
3.省略表语
Are you ready? Yes, I am.
你准备好了吗? 我准备好了。(am 后面省略了ready)
He was a lover of sports as he had been in his youth.
他还是象年轻时那样,是一位运动爱好者。(had been 后面省略了 a lover of sports)
4.省略宾语
Let's do the dishes. I'll wash and you'll dry.
让我们洗碗吧,我来洗,你来揩干。(wash和dry后面省略了宾语dishes)
5.省略定语
He spent part of the money, and the rest he saved.
那钱他花了部分,其余的他都存了起来。(the rest后面省略了定语of the money)
6.省略状语
He was not hurt. Strange!
他没有受伤,真奇怪!(Strange前面省略了状语how)