新概念英语第三册,第三篇《无名女神》ThebodyofonestatuewasfoundamongremainsdatingfromthefifteenthcenturyB.C.ItsmissingheadhappenedtobeamongremainsofthefifthcenturyB.C.请问后面那句Itsmissing....B.C.中

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新概念英语第三册,第三篇《无名女神》
The body of one statue was found among remains dating from the fifteenth century B.C.Its missing head happened to be among remains of the fifth century B.C.请问后面那句Its missing....B.C.中的谓语是什么？

Answer 1

首先给楼主把这句话还原如下：
Its miss head happened to be found among remain of the fifth century B.C.
这个句子省略了found,楼主可以参见上一句话：The body of one statue was found among remains.B.C.这两句话明显是英文书面文体中一种对照的写法.
因此本句话的谓语是happened to do 意思是‘碰巧做某事’；例如：
He happened to meet an old friend of his.他碰巧遇到一个老朋友.
所以本句话译为‘她那身首异处的脑袋碰巧是在公元前5世纪的废墟里被找到的.
PS：如果楼主还想学得更细致一点的话,那么本句话中 happen to be found （恰巧被找到）
其实是不定式的被动语态,在一句话中如果没有动作的执行者,则常常使用被动不定式.