有读者问: 有这样一个句子:
(1)As for the winter, it is inconvenient to be cold, with most of what furnace fuel is allowed saved for the dawn.
如何分析with...the dawn? 如何分析what? 其义如何?
with most of...the dawn是一独立分词结构,其逻辑主语是most,其逻辑谓语是过去分词短语saved for the dawn。如进一步分析,则应是:of... is allowed是一介词短语,用作定语,修饰most;what furnace fuel is allowed=the furnace fuel that is allowed,是一名词性从句,用作of的宾语。what=the...that,在此是缩合连接代词。这种what在英语中不乏其例,再如:
(2)I gave him what money I had with me. (what money=the money that)
(3)Lend me what books you can. (what books=the books that)
