浅析“V…from…”结构的特点

ON THE PROPERTIES OF STRUCTURE'V...FROM...'

本文从三个方面剖析了“V…from…”结构的特点,即:1) from是理解该结构的关键,并且具有否定意义,2) prevent是该结构动词的典型代表,在一般情况下,它可以释义同组其他动词,3) 有生命或无生命的名词和代词都可以做该结构的主语,但prevent,keep或stop多以无生命的名词或代词做主语。

In this paper, there are three parts showing the propertics of structure 'V… from…'.They are: 1) FROM is the key word mcaning negation, 2) PREVENt is the chieft verb of this structure and can replace' other verbs of its kind in some case, 3) the subject of this struc ture can be either person or non-person, but when Prevent, Keep or Stop is used as a predicate,its subject often takes a non-person.