相同点
结构相同,都是SVO+ comma or dash+(Prep)+ Noun + noun modifier
不同点
appositive:
COMMA + CONCRETE NOUN usually stands for the DIRECTLY PRECEDING NOUN.
absolute phrase:
COMMA + ABSTRACT NOUN is allowed to stand for the ENTIRE IDEA OF THE PRECEDING CLAUSE.。 作者: liyiqin926 时间: 2013-8-28 19:52
同位语从句:
i went to the bar with john smith, a consultant in los angeles.
here, "a consultant" (a CONCRETE noun) refers ONLY to "john smith" (the preceding noun).
Yellow jackets number among the 900 or so species of the world’s social wasps, wasps that live in a highly cooperative and organized society consisting almost entirely of females-the queen and her sterile female workers.
表示和所修饰名词之间的关系
同位语要和其修饰语等价,
如果不等价可以考虑加上as, 此时不是同位语而只是名词修饰语。。
The computer company has announced that it will purchase the color-printing division of a rival company for $950 million as part of a deal that will make it the largest manufacturer in the officecolor-printing market.
独立主格
i went to the bar with john smith, an excursion that was much more fun than working all night.
here, "an excursion" (an ABSTRACT noun) stands for the WHOLE IDEA of going to the bar with john smith.
the coach tried to put 5 receivers on the line, a strategy that failed.
--> here, "a strategy" (an ABSTRACT noun) stands for the WHOLE IDEA of putting 5 receivers on the line.
X observed large concentrations of metals in the sediments, findings consistent with...
in this case, "findings" (an abstract noun) stands for the WHOLE IDEA of observing large concentrations of blah blah blah.
Scientist have found high levels of iridium in certain geographical formations around the world, results that suggest the cataclysmic impact of a meteor millions of year ago.