表语从句(Predicative Clause)就是用一个句子作为表语。说明主语是什么或者怎么样,由名词、形容词或相当于名词或形容词的词或短语充当表语。
表语从句的定义:
表语从句放在连系动词之后,充当复合句中的表语。
表语从句的构成:
关联词+简单句
引导表语从句的关联词的种类:
可接表语从句的连系动词有be,look,seem,sound,appear等。
例句:
At that time,it seemed as if I couldn't think of the right word.
当时,我似乎怎么也想不出一个恰当的字眼来。
从属连词whether,as,as if / though引导的表语从句。
He looked just as he had looked ten years before.
他看起来还与十年前一样。
It sounds as if someone is knocking at the door.
听起来好像有人在敲门。