2015高中英语疑难探究 at a loss what to do是一种什么结构？素材.docVIP

at a loss what to do是一种什么结构？ 有网友问：我看到一个句子：I was completely at a loss what to do. 问这个句子中what to do前面为什么没有介词作连接，at a loss后面就直接接了宾语从句，而前面的部分根本没有给宾语留位置，这是怎么回事？at a loss是介词短语，也是英语的习惯用语，意为“感到困惑；不知所措”，之后经常跟wh-word + to do形式。由于表达“疑问”的概念，所以后面的从句不用that引导，而是用带有疑问的wh-word引导。at a loss跟wh-word从句的情况而wh-word + to do居多at a loss的用法： 1. at a loss之后wh-word 从句：She was at a loss what she should do. 她不知该怎么办好。at a loss之后wh-word + to do：She is timid and completely at a loss what to do.她羞臊得不知所措。 Mary is at a loss when to start. 玛丽不知道何时开始。 He was at a loss how to cut the knot. 他不知如何才能大刀阔斧地解决这一难题。 Facing risks, human beings are not at a loss what to do. 面对风险人类并非处于亏损该怎么办。 She was at a loss how to cope with the situation. 她不知如何去应付这种局面。 He is always at a loss what to say in front of strangers.他在生人面前总是不知要说什么。 at a loss之后直接跟动词不定式： at a loss to know what to do. 她不知道干什么好。One is at a loss to suggest a possible improvement. 人们不知该如何提出可能的改进方法。 She was at a loss to give words to indignation. 她简直不知道该如何用语方来表达她的义愤。 I am always at a loss to know how much to believe of my own stories. 我老是在困惑，对自己写的那些故事究应相信到什么程度。 at a loss之后as to(about) + wh-word： I am at a loss as to what happens now. 我对现在的事情真有点儿。 They were at a loss as to how to meet the situation. 他们手足无措不知该如何应付这一局面。 She was at a loss as to how to explain it. 她全然不知道该如何说明这件事。 James was at a loss as to what to do and felt lost. 詹姆斯无所适从惘然若失。 Many people are at a loss as to what to do in case of a real fire. 一旦真的发生火灾，许多人就不知所措，不知道该干什么好了。at a loss + for： 【个人观点】 现在对I was completely at a loss what to do.这句话做一分析。把be at a loss理解为及物动词wonder’t know，在理解时可用wonder’t know取而代之。what to do看作是be at a loss的宾语wh-word 从句视为宾语从句。 二、在at a loss之后视为省略了介词I was completely at a loss as to what to do. 此时，be at a loss为系表结构，as to后面的部分为方面状语。 三、把what to do看作是loss的同位语I have no idea what you mean. 我一点儿也不明白你的意思。 She was at a loss what she should do. 她不知该怎么办好。