with whom在句子中干什么成分?
介词+which+to do为带关系代词的不定式短语,这是正式语体形式。假如把介词移到不定式末尾,省略关系代词,就是普通的不定式了:to do +介词。
不定式作定语表示动宾(或介宾)关系,本质上是定语从句的简略形式。比如:
I have a letter to write
= I have a letter which I am to wirte.
I have something to talk about.
= I have something that I am to talk about.
I have something about which to talk.
= I have something about which I am to talk.
I have someone to discuss the matter with.
= I have someone who I am to discuss the matter with.
I have someone with whom I am to discuss the matter.
定语从句中划线部分省略,就得到不定式作定语。由此也可以看出不定式作定语仍然是主动意义,而不是主动形式表示被动意义。
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