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怎么样理解child murderer的意思与使用方法

来源:www.sameiju.com/ 2023-08-06

有如此一个句子(百度上可以查到):

Child murderers in the past have very often carried photographs of young children to entice their victims away.

参考翻译是:过去儿童谋杀犯常常携带一些孩子子的照片来诱拐他们的受害者。这里把child murderers 理解为“儿童谋杀犯”,即指谋杀儿童的罪犯,但为何不理解成年龄为儿童的罪犯呢?

▲单独看child murderer,它表示“儿童谋杀犯”,既可指谋杀儿童的罪犯,也可表示“年龄为儿童的谋杀犯”。但在上面这个句子中,child murderers 之所以被理解为谋杀儿童的罪犯,主如果依据句子后面的意思来决定的。

▲通常说来,当名词作定语,修饰一个表示动作意义的名词时,前面一个名词(即用作定语的那个名词)既可能是其后名词的逻辑主语,也会是其后名词的逻辑宾语。在 child murderer 中,若将它理解为“谋杀儿童的罪犯”,则 child 是名词 murderer 的逻辑宾语;若将它理解为“年龄为儿童的谋杀犯”,则 child 是名词 murderer 的逻辑主语。

▲如在下面一句中,child abuse 意思是“虐待儿童”,其中的 child 为名词 abuse 的逻辑宾语:

Cases of child abuse often go unreported or ignored by uninformed citizens. 虐待儿童案件常常没人举报,或者为缺少有关常识的公民所忽视。(《柯林斯Cobuild高阶英汉双解学习词典》)

▲但在下面一句中,child development 意思是“儿童成长”,其中的 child 为名词 development 的逻辑主语:

a study of child development, with the stress on acquisition of social skills 一项以社交技能学习为重点的儿童成长研究(《牛津英语搭配词典》)

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