e+of 结构
篮球迷们可以先看这个句子
"Once you get comfortable in this offense … it's more of an instinctual type of offense.You start getting better at it."
“一旦你真的领会三角进攻,进攻就成为了你的本能.你也会开始变好”
其中有个be+of结构
be+of+名词的几种用法
▲be+of+抽象名词,相当于be+该抽象名词的形容词形成,主要用来表示主语的性质.如：
(1)Sports and games are of great importance.(=are very important)
体育运动非常重要.
(2)What he said at the meeting was of great value.(=was very valuable)
他在会上讲的话很有价值.
(3)This medicine is of little use.(=This medicine is useless)
这种药没什么效果.
(4)The book is of little value.(=The book is valueless.)
这本书没什么价值.
(5)The tool isn’t of any use.(=The tool is useless.)
这工具没用.
【注】这一结构中的抽象名词前可用great,little,no,some,any,not much等修饰,以表示不同的程度,抽象名词常用importance,value,use等.
▲be+of+名词还可表示主语的类属.如：
(6)Australia and New Zealand are of the same continent.
澳大利亚和新西兰属同一洲.
(7)The two sisters are of the same class.
姐妹俩在同一班.
(8)Two of his greatest films,“City Lights”and “Modern Times”,were of this kind.
他的两部最成功的电影《城市之光》和《摩登时代》都属于同一类.
【注】在表示年龄、颜色、重量等名词的of可有可无.如：
(9)They are (of) the same height.
他们一样高.
(10)The two pairs of shoes he bought yesterday are (of) the same colour.
他昨天买的两双鞋子颜色一样.
(11)When I was (of) your age,I had already started to work for a living.
我在你这个年龄时,早已开始谋生了.