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High time we left. (J. Linsay) Time we were going. (M. Hammonds) 在一定的上下語(yǔ)境中,也可以把句型中的“(that)從句”省略。例如: This program goes in that direction, and I believe its time. (T. Wicker) 在特定的語(yǔ)境里,甚至還可以把句型中的It be和“(that)從句”都省掉,意義仍然是顯豁的;不過(guò),這時(shí)time前面要用high來(lái)修飾,其后面常跟副詞too,該詞只是用來(lái)加強(qiáng)語(yǔ)氣,并無(wú)具體意義。例如: Hes gone back to work.—— High time, too! (Longman Dictionary of English Idioms) 順帶一提,句型“It be the +序數(shù)詞+ time +(that)從句”與句型“It be time +(that)從句”在結(jié)構(gòu)上有點(diǎn)相似,但它們?cè)诰湟馍鲜峭耆煌摹G罢咭彩侵鲝膹?fù)合句,當(dāng)其主句的be用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí),從句的動(dòng)詞形式通常為現(xiàn)在完成時(shí),it可以用this來(lái)代替;當(dāng)其主句的be用一般過(guò)去時(shí),從句的動(dòng)詞形式通常為過(guò)去完成時(shí),it可以用that 來(lái)代替。例如: It/This is the first time (that) I have seen him. It/That was the third time (that) I had been there. 第 4 頁(yè) 共 4 頁(yè)