We need more actual facts on which to base our argumentson which to base our arguments中的to是怎么回事?
问题描述:
We need more actual facts on which to base our arguments
on which to base our arguments中的to是怎么回事?
答
主要成分:we need more actual facts
后置定语:on which to base our arguments
例句
we need to have it on which to base our policy?
一、句子分析:
主要成分:we need to have it
后置定语:on which to base our policy
二、该定语是个不定式短语,其中
1. which 指代上文的代词 it,因此 on which to base our policy = to base our policy on it;
2. 由上可知 to 是动词不定式符号
3. base sth. on ... 意思是“把...建立在...的基础上
三、可以把它改写为从句:
We need to have it on which we can base our policy.
或者: We need to have it which we can base our policy on.
四、翻译:我们需要拥有(或得到)把政策建立在它上面的这个东西(it 上文提到过,可以用上文提及的名词取代本译文中的“这个东西”).