英语What 的用法

What 的用法

What 引导名词性从句

1 最初认为是不可能的事结果成了现实。What was initially thought impossible has been turned into reality.

2 这是我最没想到的事。

This is what I least expected.

Less, least …

3. 给我印象最深的是他们发展经济的速度。

What strikes/impresses me most is their speed of economic development.

4.他们正在建一个将是北京最高饭店的建筑。

They are building what is going to be the tallest hotel in Beijing.

5 据说李白出生于现在是吉尔吉斯斯坦（Kyrgyzstan）的一个地方。

It is said that Li Bai was born in a place called Kyrgyzstan.

Li Bai is said to have been born what is now part of Kyrgyzstan.

Tangshan is a place where I live .

Columbus landed in what is now known as Mexico and called America.

I grew up in what is now part of Inner Mongolia.

6 他们在看洪水过后这个村子剩下的东西。

They are looking at what is left of the village after the flood.

7 由于反应快，他避免了一场本可能发生的重大事故。

Owing to his quick response, he was able to prevent/avoid what might otherwise have been a terrible accident.

Adventure is what might otherwise be called hardship if it were attempted in a different spirit.

I could have slept longer this morning, but I have to ….

I had hoped to help you, but ….

Because, because of

Owing to

On account of

In that

Due to

On ground(s) that …

Thanks to …

The accident due to my carelessness caused great loss.

Owing to your poor health, I

8. 空气对于人来说就如同水对于鱼一样。心理健康与我们的关系就像处理器与电脑的关系

Air to human is what water is to fish.

Mental health to us is what a processor is to a computer.

What 涉及的句式

1.what it takes (to do) 表示“实现（成功，财富，目标）的必备能力。

He has what it takes to be doctor.

I am going to do whatever it takes to make sure the disabled are included in the mainstream.

2.what it means to do …表示“意味着”

we hope to give them a sense of what it means to be a loyal friend.

3.What it is (feels) like to do …表示“做….是….滋味（感受）”

And to this little who knew what it was like to be poor, it was a symbol that now she was just as important as her friends.

4.what it be that …是强调句式

I simply didn’t know what it was that we were being asked to do.

It was in his 7 years old that he went to school.

Until, not until …

I didn’t go out to play until I finished my homework.

I was not until I finished my homework that I went out to play.

---Not until I finished my homework did I go out to play.

If I hadn’t been a teacher, I would have been

a millionaire.

--Had I not been a teacher, …..

Wait until I come back.

It has been 7 years since I worked here.

It has been 7 years since I left this campus. One can’t be too honest

You are the last person I want to say.

No matter how poor he is, I will marry with/to him.

Be he rich or poor,

All substances, be they solid, liquid or gas, are made of atoms.

Marry, be married to