介词ofOfthethousandsofbuildingsthatmetthesamefate,thisalone,isnowbeingpreservedtosymbolizeourwish.这个句子开头不明白,Ofthethousandsofbuildings,为什么这样用开头of从语法上该怎样解释?对于of的习

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介词 of
Of the thousands of buildings that met the same fate,this alone,is now being preserved to symbolize our wish.
这个句子开头不明白,Of the thousands of buildings,为什么这样用 开头of 从语法上该怎样解释?
对于of 的习惯用法 就是 .是.的.这句 用of the thousands of buildings,表示 谁的 “几千个建筑”?

Answer 1

of介词的意思不仅仅是“...的”,表示所有格,在很多情况下,表示“在.当中”的意思,相当于介词among,你提供的这句话中的of就是后者的意思,再比如：
Of the three books,this one is the most difficult(语序做了合理调整而已）
正常语序：This is the most difficult book of the three.