Question

9．這位著名科學(xué)家的去世是中國(guó)人民的巨大損失．
The death of the famous scientist is a great loss to Chinese people．

Answer 1

分析 The death of the famous scientist is a great loss to Chinese people．

解答 答案：The death of the famous scientist is a great loss to Chinese people．這里是說(shuō)客觀事實(shí)用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，主語(yǔ)是這位著名科學(xué)家的去世用of所有格The death of the famous scientist，是三單，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞is表示是，賓語(yǔ)一個(gè)巨大的損失a great loss，對(duì)中國(guó)人民，用介詞to，加上Chinese people，故to Chinese people．故答案是The death of the famous scientist is a great loss to Chinese people．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 介詞 to 和 for 表示"對(duì)…來(lái)說(shuō)"這一意義，有以下兩種觀點(diǎn)可以參考：觀點(diǎn)一：to 通常只表示一般意義的"對(duì)…來(lái)說(shuō)"，其意義較泛；而 for 卻含有比較、限制、區(qū)別的意味，它不僅表示"對(duì)…來(lái)說(shuō)"，而且還含有"限于…來(lái)說(shuō)"或"只有對(duì)…來(lái)說(shuō)"的意味．比較：
English prepositions are difficult to almost all Chinese teachers and students of English，but they are not so difficult for my sister．英語(yǔ)介詞對(duì)于中國(guó)幾乎所有學(xué)英語(yǔ)的教師和學(xué)生來(lái)說(shuō)都是很難的，但對(duì)于我姐姐來(lái)說(shuō)并不算難．
The lioness is ugly to all of us，but she is a beauty for the lion．在我們大家看來(lái)母獅是很難看的，但對(duì)雄獅來(lái)說(shuō)她卻很美．
觀點(diǎn)二：to 強(qiáng)調(diào)主觀，for 強(qiáng)調(diào)客觀．如：
It was a useful lesson to[for]him．這對(duì)他來(lái)說(shuō)是一個(gè)有益的教訓(xùn)．
注：句中若用 to，則表示"他"（him）自己認(rèn)為有用（即主觀）；若用 for 則表示寫這句話的人（the writer）認(rèn)為有用（即客觀）． 據(jù)此分析：to 不僅表示"對(duì)…來(lái)說(shuō)"，而且還暗示"在…看來(lái)"之意．