there weren't as many people at the meeting as we had expected请问:可以省略吗?

问题描述:

there weren't as many people at the meeting as we had expected
请问:可以省略吗?

had expected是过去完成时,had+过去分词是过去完成时的格式。
此处表现这里没有我们期望的那么多人,“期望”的时间在there weren't as many people at the meeting之前,表示过去的过去,当然不能省略。

它是过去完成时时间标志,不可省略。

There weren't as many people at the meeting as we had expected.参加会议的人没有我们预想的多.had expected,意为在开会之前预想.这个是过去完成时态的动词形式,had是助动词,它本身没有词义,这个时态表示动作发生...

不能,had expected 是 had done的形式,属于过去完成时;
过去完成时的使用,通常是在一般过去时出现的时候,表示过去的过去;
如题中,会上人不多发生在过去,那么我们所期望的发生在更早,也就是过去的过去,所以用过去完成时。
综上,had不能省略。