题目

what引导的从句问题
The 'eye contact' provides another example of what we are calling nonverbal communication.这句话中为什么要用what呢?
类似的句子还有：
A modern city has been set up in what was a wasteland ten years ago.
搞不清句子中what的用法

提问时间：2021-01-06

答案

I am not sure what you need.
what在从句中做宾语.
类似的,...another example of what we are calling .
what做call的宾语
.in what was...
what 做主语
记住一点,what不是起连接作用,都是要做成分的.虽然有时翻译成汉语觉得what是多余的,但是英语句法结构就是这样.