In a plan to stop the erosion of East Coast beaches, the Army Corps of Engineers proposed building parallel to shore a breakwater of rocks that would rise six feet above the waterline and act as a buffer, so that it absorbs the energy of crashing waves and protecting the beaches.
56. In a plan to stop the erosion of East Coast beaches, the Army Corps of Engineers proposed building parallel to shore a breakwater of rocks that would rise six feet above the waterline and act as a buffer, so that it absorbs the energy of crashing waves and protecting the beaches.
“proposed building parallel to shore a breakwater of rocks”中,结构是怎么分析的呢?
我的观点是,“parallel to shore”前置了,因为“a breakwater of rocks"后面要接that引导的定语从句。这样的话,building在句中是动词的词性,而不是我之前认为的名词。但我查过longman字典,propose是及物动词,只有propose to do的用法,没提可以propose doing。我又查了google,好像propose doing的用法在某些时候也存在的。