I turned to look at the children,but there weren't any in sight.

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I turned to look at the children,but there weren't any in sight.
第一个问题是为什么用there?而不用they?
第二个问题是为什么要加上any?
没有any个人感觉反而好···他是固定搭配么?

用there因为there be 句型,这里是否定的,所以要用any 实际上any后省略了children
翻译过来就是我转过身去看孩子们,但是一个我也没看到.