状语从句可能涉及的三类省略
1、省略主语和动词be
当状语从句的主语与主句主语一致,且从句谓语包含有动词be时,有时可省略从句中的主语和动词be。如:
Phone me ifnecessary. 必要时给我打电话。
Start whenready. 筹备好了就开始。
He danced about as ifin search of something. 他向四周望望,仿佛在找什么似的。
Thoughintelligent, he was very poorly educated. 虽然他非常聪明,受的教育却非常差。
注:有时省略的可能是 there is, it is 等。如:
There is few ifany. 假如有也极少。
Fill in the application asinstructed. 根据需要填好表格。
Asscheduled they met on January 20. 他们根据计划在
2、结果状语从句省略that
so that, so…that, such…that 引导结果状语从句时,有时可省略that。如:
I am so busyI have no time to write a letter. 我是那样忙,写信的时间都没。
He was so drunkhe could barely stand. 他喝醉了,勉强能站立。
The girls are so closethey’re like sisters. 女生们亲如姐妹。
There was such a lot of rainwe couldn't go out. 雨那样大,大家没法出去。
She spoke with such sincerityhe felt greatly touched. 她说得那样诚恳,他深受感动。
3、比较状语从句的省略
as, than等引出的比较大状语从句一般省略谓语。如:
I know you better than he . 我比他更知道你。
He is as quick in answering as his sister . 他回答得和他妹妹一样快。
He answers as quickly as his sister . 他回答得和他妹妹一样快。
He is not so / as quick in answering as his sister . 他回答得不如他妹妹那样快。
His sister is quicker than he . 他妹妹比他敏捷。
He moves more slowly than his sister . 他行动起来比他妹妹慢。