The cyclone is one of the most powerful and deadly of storms.这是一本英文字汇书的例句。powerful 是形容词,deadly应该也是形容词才对,后面可以直接接名词storms. 这里为何多了一个介词 of ?Thanks in advance.
One of the consequences of our planet's being warming up is a(n) increase in the number of natural disasters. 有人解释说 warm 是不及物动词,所以它的 -ing 形式只能被视为形容词性的现在分词,这句话怎么理解?