分析一个句子的结构HisfatherdiedthreeyearsafterConfuciuswasborn.这句话如果看成after引导的时间状语从句,可threeyears为什么放在前面了.在这句话中threeyears做何解,是时间段吗?可以和die这样的动

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分析一个句子的结构
His father died three years after Confucius was born.
这句话如果看成after引导的时间状语从句,可three years为什么放在前面了.
在这句话中three years做何解,是时间段吗?可以和die这样的动词连用吗?

Answer 1

three years after Confucius was born是一个整体,作状语,即孔子出生后的第三年.
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