第189句:
We saw that there was so much we could get rid of and not only never miss, but be better off without.我们发现有这么多应该扔掉的东西;我们不仅不会想念这些东西,而且觉得没有它们更好。
六级词汇讲解:
本句的主干是We saw that...。其中that引导saw的宾语从句;we could get rid ofand not only never miss,but be better off without为宾语从句中的定语从句,修饰much。
better off为形容词短语,意为“更好”。如:
We'd be better off without them as neighbors.
要是没有他们做邻居,我们就过得更愉快了。
六级考点归纳:
注意without的用法。
without通常作介词,后面接名词,表示“没有”。如:
1)Without the sun,nothing would grow.
没有太阳,就不会有生物。
2)I have helped him times without number.
我已经帮了他无数次了。
而在本句中,without后面接的名词应该是so much所指代的名词,因其作定语从we could get rid of and not only never miss,but be better off without的宾语而被省略。
without还可以构成如下短语:without a doubt(毫无疑问)、without a moment's thought(不假思索地)、without day(没有期限地)、without end(无穷地)、without example(没有先例)等。