By his death,one of England's greatest writers is lost to the world这句话怎么理解?
问题描述：
By his death,one of England's greatest writers is lost to the world这句话怎么理解?
这句话包含的语法知识有哪些?①By his death,为什么用By?②为什么是 is lost to ③整句话的意思?
答
by his death 是一个状语,句子为了强调这个状语,才把它放在句首
is lost ：过去分词作形容词.
to the world 对世界来说.to是介词,表示指向
翻译：随着他的死去,或到他死去为止,英国最伟大作家之一他就永远离开了这个世界.