It is said 从句中动词的时态

请问老师 It is said that 后引导的从句应该用什么时态? It is said that 是间接引语对吗?

我看到一个例句 It is said that he has got married.

按照间接引语的理解如下:

Someone said 'He has got married.'

Someone said that he had got married.

It is said that he had got married.

按理从句应该用过去完成时不是吗?为什么还是用has got married?



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最佳答案 2018-12-01 14:41

It is said that he has got married.

这个结构中的that从句并不是间接引语。而是“据说...、人们都说..."之意。当你引用别人说的话时,说话的动作是过去的事件,不可能用is said这个一般现在时态。

这个句型中的that从句时态不受限制,可用现在时或过去时。但通常不用将来时。相应的主动语态的句子是:People say that...; They say that...。注意say为一般现在时,表示习惯意义,不是事件。即过去这么说、现在还这么说,以后也会这么说。

还可以转换为:He is said to have got married.

总之,主句的say或is said都是习惯意义,而不是事件意义。

理解到此即可,that从句不同于一般的间接引语。到此即可,没必要再深究了。

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    It is said 后面 that 从句应该根据需要使用适当的时态。例如:

    It is said that his company is in trouble. 据说,他的公司陷入了困境。(《牛津英语用法指南》第三版417.1)

    His company is said to be in trouble. 据说,他的公司陷入了困境。(《牛津英语用法指南》第三版418.2)

    It is said that the King is making a good recovery. (摘自(英)Martin Hewings 著《剑桥高级英语语法》第二版中文版p.264)

    It is said that it will rain tomorrow. 据说明天有雨。(摘自牛津 外研社《英汉汉英词典》汉英词典p.395)

    It is said that he has got married.    

    It was said 后面 that 从句使用适当的过去时态(一般过去时、过去完成时、过去将来时等)。例如:  

    It was said that he had got married.

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