Q:疑问是in which这个介词in原本是应该放在哪里的呢?
A:此处做状语=where,其放置位置无硬性规定,Anywhere you lke。
比较如下两句:
1.It is the white house in which(=where) president made a speech on the sharp rise of unemployment.
2.It is the uta for which I am working hard on GMAT to meet the application.
句(1)与本题十分类似,in which 做地点状语,还原后它可以被放置在任何地方:(因为无固定搭配来限制它的放置位置)
可以是:president made a speech in white house on the sharp rise of unemployment.
也可以是:president made a speech on the sharp rise of unemployment in white house.等等。
因为此处in无固定搭配,所以表地点状语的in可放在任何你喜欢的位置。
句(2)就恰恰相反了,apply for 是固定搭配,所以必然紧跟application:
I am working hard on GMAT to meet the application for the uta.
此时就不能随心所欲地放for了:
I am working hard (for the uta) on GMAT (for the uta) to meet the application.
任一括号的放置都很awkward
所以,介词+which中介词的位置根据是否固定搭配及其在句中的成分而定,通常可以把句子还原来检验是否通顺。原题可还原为:
changes in the ocean and atmosphere (in this phenomenon) combine (in this phenomenon) to allow the warm water that has accumulated in the western Paci?c to ?ow back to the east (in this phenomenon).例举的三处括号放置皆无问题
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