The village seemed deserted,the only sign of life being an ugly-looking black goat on a short length of rope tied to a t
问题描述：
The village seemed deserted,the only sign of life being an ugly-looking black goat on a short length of rope tied to a tree in a field nearby.
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the only sign of life being an ugly-looking black goat
为什么不是
the only sign of life is an ugly-looking black goat
为什么要使用being?
另外,这个being是be的ing形式,还是和human being当中的being同意?
答
后面整个一个大句子是独立主格结构,来修饰前面的句子.
being是现在分词噢,不能改为is,否则成单独的句子了,而不是用来修饰前面的句子了,建议你翻译过来理解一下.
这个村庄一片荒芜,唯一的生命迹象是那个被短绳拴在附近田边树上的小丑羊.
能不能理解出后半句的修饰作用?