英语中的
省略现象
The ellipsis in English
在英语中,为了避免重复,句子
中的某些部分经常省略,给考生
的理解增加了困难。在近几年的
NMET中,省略现象十分常见,为
帮助考生更好地迎战高考,现对
省略现象总结如下:
简单句中的省略
1、省略主语 祈使句中主语通常省略。
(1) (You) Be seated, please.
(2) ( I ) Thank you for your help.
(3) (It) Doesn’t matter.
(4) ( I ) Beg your pardon.
简单句中的省略
2、省略主/谓或主谓语的一部分
(1) (There is) No smoking .
(2) (Is there) Anything else ?
(3) (You come) This way,please.
(4) (Will you) Have a smoke ?
(5) Why (do you) not say hello to him ?
简单句中的省略
2、省略宾语
(⑴)--- Do you know Miss Gao?
--- I don’t know (her).
(2)--- Which of them is the better choice?
--- Well, it’s hard to tell (it).
简单句中的省略
4、省略表语
(1) –Are you thirsty? --Yes, I am (thirsty).
(2) His brother isn’t lazy, nor is his sister
(lazy).
5、同时省略几个成分
(⑴)--- Are you feeling better now?
--- (I’m feeling) Much better (now).
(2) –-Have you finished your work ?
---(I have) Not (finished my work) yet.
简单句中的省略
6. 其他一些省略结构
1) 名词所有格修饰的名词,若表示住宅/店铺/教堂
或上文已暗示或明确指出过的事物时,常常可以
省略。
We spent the weekend at the Blacks’
(familly).
2) 感叹句中,常可省略主语it和be动词
What a wonderful victory (it is)!
简单句中的省略
3) 不定式省略,单独使用不定式符号to
a)代替动词不定式后被省略的代词,常在be
afraid,cxpect,forget,hope,intend,like,love,
mean,prefer,refuse,seem,try,want,wish等后边.
I asked him to see the film, but he didn’t
want to (see the film).
b)在have, need, ought, be going. used等后
I didn’t want to go there, but I had to (go
there) .
简单句中的省略
c)在某些形容词,glad,happy,pleased,delighted
等后
---Will you join the game?
---I’d be glad to (join the game) .
d)否定句形式的省略用notto
---Shall you go instead of him?
---I prefer not to (go there) .
e)如果不定式中含有be,have,have been通常保留
be,have和have been
简单句中的省略
---Are you a sailor?
---No, but I used to be.
---He hasn’t finished yet.
---Well, he ought to have.
注:1)主语从句中有动词do,后面作表语的不定式
的to可带可不带。
All we can do now is (to) wait.
注: 2) 某些使役动词(let, make, have)及感官
动词(see, watch, hear, notice, observe, feel,
look at, listen to等)后面作宾语补足语的不定
式一定要省去 to, 但在被动语态中须将to 复原。
I saw the boy fall from the tree.
The boy was seen to fall from the tree.
The boss made us work 12 hours a day.
We were made to work 12 hours a day.
简单句中的省略
复合句中的省略
(1)定语从句中作宾语的关系代that,which,whom
常可以省略;当先行词是time,reason,place 时
作状语的关系副词when,why,where也可以省去.
This is the first time (when) he had
trouble with the boss.
(2)当wh-连接代/副词引导宾语从句且后边的内容
与前边重复时,可以把重复的内容省去,而保留
wh-连接代/副词.
Tom was sad, but I don’t know why (he
was sad).
复合句中的省略
(3)状语从句中的省略现象
一般来说,省略现象多出现与下列五种从句中:
a)时间状语从句 b)条件状语从句 c)让步从句 d)
比较状语从句 e)方式状语从句
1)当状语从句的主语和主句的主语一致时,可以
省略状语从句中的主语和动词be,这时从句中可
出现如下结构:
a.连词(as,as if,once)+名词
Once (he was) a teacher,he now works in a
government office.
复合句中的省略
b. 连词thouhg,whether,when+形容词
Work hard when (you are) young, or you’ll
regret.
c.连词(whether,as if,while)+介词短语
He looked everywhere as if (he was) in
search of something.
d. 连词(when,while,though)+现在分词
While (I was) walking along the street, I
heard my name called.
复合句中的省略
e. 连词(when,if,evenif,unless,once,until,
than)+ 过去分词
The exhibintion is more interesting than(it
was) expected.
f.连词(asif,as thouhg)+ 不定式
He opened his lips as if (he were) to speak.
2) 当从句中的主语是it,谓语动词中又含有系动
词be时,可以把it和be一起省略。构成: 连词(if,
unless, when, whenever)+形容词
Unless (it is) necessary, you’d better not
refer to the dictionary.
3)连词if在部分虚拟条件句中可省略,但后面的
语序有变化。
(⑴) Had they time, they would certainly
come and help us.
(2) Were I you, I would do the work better.
(3)Should there be a flood, what should we
do?
4)if so/not 可用so/not代替上文内容
Get up early tomorrow. If not (=you don’t
get up early), you will miss the first bus.
复合句中的省略
复合句中的省略
He may not be at home then if so (=he is
not at home), leave him a note.
注:so/not可代替被省略的某个词,词组或句子常
代替be afraid, believe, become, call, do, expect,
fear, hear, hope, imagine, say, see, speak, think,
suppose等后的宾语。
---Is he the best student in the class?
---I think so (=He is the best student in the
class) .
---I think not (= He is not the best student
in the class).
5)主句和从句各有一些成分省略。
The sooner (you do it), the better (it will be).
复合句中的省略
1.When first _____ to the market,
these products enjoyed great success.
A. introducing B. introduced
C. introduce D. being introduced
分析:when引导的时间状语从句,如果从句的主语和主句的
主语相同,且从句中谓语部分有be时,可以省略句中的主语和be,
本句中when后面省略了these products were.
2. It shames me to say it, but I told a lie
when _____ at the meeting by my boss.
A. questioning B. having questioned
C. questioned D. to be questioned
分析:本句when后面省略了I was
3. —Susan, will you please go and empty
that drawer?
—______?
A. What for B. What is it
C. How is it D. How come
分析:第二个人不知道为什么要倒空抽屉,所以问
为什么。What for(为什么)它的完整表达应是
What are you going to use the empty drawer for ?
4. I’m looking forward as much to her return
as she herself to _____ me.
A.have seen B. seeing
C. meet D. be met
分析:本句后半部分as she herself to _____me是as
she herself is looking forward to seeing me的省略。
6. Who can you turn to in time of danger,
if not ______?
A. Ourselves B. ours
C. we D. us
分析: if not ______ 是if you don’t turn to
us 的省略。
7. —Did you visit the museum last week ?
—No, we _____, but we spent too much
time shopping.
A. could have B. could
C. must have D. must
分析:句中we _____是we could have
visited the museum last week.的省略形式。
8. —Is your mother going to the supermarket ?
—No, ______.
A. she doesn’t B. she’s cooking
C. she gets by bus D. to a tailor’s shop
分析:根据对话的语境,表明:我妈妈不打算
去超市,而是去裁缝铺。to a tailor’s shop
是She is going to a tailor’s shop.的省略。
9. —She may not be free today.
—_____, we’ll have to put the meeting off.
A. If may
B. If not
C. If she may not
D. If she may not be free today
分析:答语的前半部分的完整回答应是:
If she is not free today.
1. _____, I will help you with your work.
A.If I am possible B. If it possible
C. If possible D. Possible
2. —Do you follow me? —Yes, _____.
A.it is good B. I will
C. perfectly D. very good
3. —How are you getting on with your work ?
—Oh, I’m sorry. Things aren’t going so well as _____.
• plans B. planning
C. planned D. to plan
4. —Are you a teacher?
—No, but I _____. I worked in a middle school for
three years.
• am B. will C. do D. was
5. —How many poor counties will there be in our
province by 2010?
—There will be only a few, if _____.
A.much B. some C. any D. many
6. —Why didn’t you come to Mike’s birthday party
yesterday ?
—Well, I_____, but I forgot it.
A. should B. must C. should have D. must have
7. Doctors have said that as many as 50% of patients
don’t take medicine _____.
A. like directed B. to be directed
C. as directed D. so that directed
1. When first ________ to the market, these products
enjoyed great success.
A. introducing B. introduced
C. introduce D. being introduced
2. It shames me to say it, but I told a lie when
________ at the meeting by my boss.
A. questioning B. having questioned
C. questioned D. to be questioned
3. The man we followed suddenly stopped and looked
as if ______whether he was going in the right direction.
A. seeing B. having seen
C. to have seen D. to see
4. Generally speaking, ________ according to the
directions, the drug has no side effect.
A. when taking B. when taken
C. when to take D. when to be taken
B
C
D
B
5. Unless ________ to speak, you should remain silent
at the conference.
A. invited B. inviting
C. being invited D. having invited
6. When ________ , the museum will be open to the
public next year.
A. completed B. completing
C. being completed D. to be completed
7. Though ________ money, his parents man-aged to
send him to university.
A. lacked B. lacking of
C. lacking D. lacked in
8. The research is so designed that once ________
nothing can be done to change it.
A. begins B. having begun
C. beginning D. begun
A
A
A
D
答案
1.C If possible:如果有可能的话。
已经成为了惯用语是If it is possible的省略。
2. C perfectly 是I follow you perfectly的省略。
3. C 事情不象计划的那样好。
完整句是:…as it was planned.
4. D but I _____是But I was a teacher 的省略。
5. C if _____的完整表达是:
If there were any poor provinces….
6. C I_____的完整表达是:
I should have gone to Mike’s birthday party
yesterday.
7. C 有50%的病人没有按医嘱吃药。
完整表达是:as many as 50% of patients
don’t take medicine as they are directed
by the doctors.
Good-bye