2010年下半年成人英語(yǔ)三級(jí)考試輔導(dǎo)：主謂一致詳解(6)
E. 名詞化的形容詞作主語(yǔ)
“the+形容詞(或過(guò)去分詞或現(xiàn)在分詞)”
如：the brave, the poor, the rich, the blind, the young, the old, the
sick, the wounded, the injured, the unemployed, the dying, the
living 等結(jié)構(gòu)擔(dān)任主語(yǔ)表示一類人時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞常用復(fù)數(shù)形式,如：
The young are more active than the old. 青年人比老年人積極。
F. 動(dòng)名詞、不定式短語(yǔ)和從句作主語(yǔ)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式。如：
To learn a foreign language is not so difficult as you think.
學(xué)一門外語(yǔ)并不象你想象的那么難。
Smoking is bad for health. 吸煙有害健康。
That he has won the game is known to us all. 他贏了這場(chǎng)比賽是我們眾所周知的事。
但what引導(dǎo)的主語(yǔ)從句所指的具體內(nèi)容是復(fù)數(shù)意義時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞一般用復(fù)數(shù)形式。如：
What we need is more time. 我們需要的是更多的時(shí)間。
What we need are good teachers. 我們需要的是好老師。
E. 名詞化的形容詞作主語(yǔ)
“the+形容詞(或過(guò)去分詞或現(xiàn)在分詞)”
如：the brave, the poor, the rich, the blind, the young, the old, the
sick, the wounded, the injured, the unemployed, the dying, the
living 等結(jié)構(gòu)擔(dān)任主語(yǔ)表示一類人時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞常用復(fù)數(shù)形式,如：
The young are more active than the old. 青年人比老年人積極。
F. 動(dòng)名詞、不定式短語(yǔ)和從句作主語(yǔ)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式。如：
To learn a foreign language is not so difficult as you think.
學(xué)一門外語(yǔ)并不象你想象的那么難。
Smoking is bad for health. 吸煙有害健康。
That he has won the game is known to us all. 他贏了這場(chǎng)比賽是我們眾所周知的事。
但what引導(dǎo)的主語(yǔ)從句所指的具體內(nèi)容是復(fù)數(shù)意義時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞一般用復(fù)數(shù)形式。如：
What we need is more time. 我們需要的是更多的時(shí)間。
What we need are good teachers. 我們需要的是好老師。