2010年下半年成人英語三級考試輔導：主謂一致詳解(6)
E. 名詞化的形容詞作主語
“the+形容詞(或過去分詞或現(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)擔任主語表示一類人時，謂語動詞常用復數(shù)形式,如：
The young are more active than the old. 青年人比老年人積極。
F. 動名詞、不定式短語和從句作主語，謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式。如：
To learn a foreign language is not so difficult as you think.
學一門外語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. 他贏了這場比賽是我們眾所周知的事。
但what引導的主語從句所指的具體內(nèi)容是復數(shù)意義時，謂語動詞一般用復數(shù)形式。如：
What we need is more time. 我們需要的是更多的時間。
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
“the+形容詞(或過去分詞或現(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)擔任主語表示一類人時，謂語動詞常用復數(shù)形式,如：
The young are more active than the old. 青年人比老年人積極。
F. 動名詞、不定式短語和從句作主語，謂語動詞用單數(shù)形式。如：
To learn a foreign language is not so difficult as you think.
學一門外語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. 他贏了這場比賽是我們眾所周知的事。
但what引導的主語從句所指的具體內(nèi)容是復數(shù)意義時，謂語動詞一般用復數(shù)形式。如：
What we need is more time. 我們需要的是更多的時間。
What we need are good teachers. 我們需要的是好老師。