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The committee are agreed that it would be a mistake to spend any more money on the project. 委员会一致同意，在这项工程上再花更多的钱，是错误的。
I'm astonished that he didn't come. (ALD) 他没有来,我感到很惊讶。
I'm convinced already that what you said is quite right. (Shaw) 我已经相信你说的话是完全正确的。
He was devoted to pure science. (Lewis) 他献身于理论科学。
I'm very satisfied with you. 我对你很满意。
He was tired of talking to her. 他厌倦了同她说话。
Your father is really worried. (Dreiser) 你父亲确实很担忧。
The building of a new car factory was agreed on last month...
介词 on 要求后跟名词、代词、动名词等,那么,在上面的句子里,它后跟的是什么词呢?
有些语法学家把动词 + 介词的结构(如 look at, look after, agree on, agree to)看作是一个整体,就像是及物动词一样。这种解释使我们能很容易理解这类介词动词(prepositional verbs)的被动形式(动词 + 介词乃是一个整体)(参见 look at ):
She looked after her son. → Her son was looked after by her. 她照看她的儿子。→她的儿子由她照看。
They agreed on the building of a new car factory last month. →The building of a new car factory was agreed on last month. 他们上月已就建造一家新汽车厂的事宜达成了协议。→建造一家新汽车厂之事已于上月达成协议。
We agreed on the question. The question was agreed on. 我们对这个问题取得了一致意见。 这个问题已取得了一致意见。
从上例可以看出,主动句中介词动词(look after, agree on)的宾语或者(如另一派语法学家所说的)介词的宾语(her son, the building, the question)在被动句中已变成了主语,因此介词(after, on)就再无权支配其他词了。再如:
Your teacher must be listened to carefully. 必须细心地听老师讲课。
The building of a new car factory was agreed on last month... [《高中英语教科书》第一册（上），人教社，p.22]
[原译]盖一座新汽车厂的建议已于上月得到同意……(与上书配套之《教师教学用书》, p. 102)
上句中的 agree on 可以译为“同意”吗？
从原译文来看,似乎是“甲的建议得到了乙的批准”。这是不符合原意的。要知道,a-gree on(upon)并不表示“某甲同意某乙的意见”或“某甲同意某事”,而是表示“两方或多方就某事取得一致意见或达成协议”。因此,主语必须指双方或多方,或者涉及到另一方:
I met the new manager today and found that we agreed on basic policies. 今天我见到了新经理,发现我们在基本政策上意见是一致的。
Let's try to agree on an approach to the problem. 让我们设法就解决这个问题的方法取得一致意见。
We all agreed on the terms. 我们大家对这些条件取得了一致意见。
You and I agree on this point. 你和我在这一点上意见是一致的。
We agreed on a date for the next meeting. 我们就下次会议的日期达成了协议。
[试译]上月人们已就建造一家新汽车厂的事宜达成了协议(建造一家新汽车厂之事已于上月达成了协议)。
She wants to know whether the measures have been agreed ____.