there be
英语
[编辑]词源
[编辑]补充词there源自古英語 þær，用于放在英语曾使用的动词第二顺位的第一个位置。[1]
动词
[编辑]- 有，存在
- 近義詞：there exist
- 1749, Anthony Ashley Cooper Shaftesbury, Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times, J. Baskerville, page 8:
- If there be any thing ILL in the Univerſe from Deſign, then that which diſpoſes all things, is no one good deſigning Principle.
- 1907, Southern Society for Clinical Investigation, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, J.B. Lippincott, Co., page 627:
- Unless there be some lesion of the stomach, there is no blood, either microscopic or occult.
- 1988, John S. Doskey, William Maclure, The European Journals of William Maclure, →ISBN，第 204 頁:
- There ought to be representation on the broad basis of population and public discussion with open doors and free debate. . . . Nor should there be any constraint upon the opinions of any of the members of the Diet or upon their right of publishing them, even though such would meet with opposition from without.
- （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
- 1999, Christopher Shays, “Hearing Before the Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relationsof the Committee on Government Reform”, 出自 Anthrax Immunization Program, →ISBN，第 35 頁:
- I just want to know the truth, you are expressing your concerns, but I also want there to be some candor between us.
- （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）
用法说明
[编辑]- 就近原则：当引入多于一个名词短语时，动词变位对应于第一个名词短语的单复数。
- There is a swing and a seesaw for kids.
- 有一个秋千和一个跷跷板给孩子们玩。
参考资料
[编辑]- ↑ Leiv Egil Breivik and Toril Swan, The desemanticisation of existential there, in Christiane Dalton-Puffer et al. ed., Words: Structure, Meaning, Function, Walter de Gruyter, 2000.