在whether引导的从句中whether是对哪一部分提出疑问的问题
2025-01-24 15:34:37 学考宝 作者：佚名
问题描述
请问老师：
Harry could not help wondering whether they had only agreed to come on what now felt like a pointless and rambling journey because they thought he had some secret plan that they would learn in due course.
这句话中的 whether 是对 had only agreed to 表示一般疑问还是对 because 表示一般疑问？
老师答疑
曹老师：
网友的提问方式并没有反映出他真正的疑问所在，因此陈老师的回答并不是你问的问题。
首先，whether不是疑问代词或疑问副词， 不存在针对什么提问的问题。whether是个从属连词，具有疑问含义，但因为是连词，不作成分，只是加在一个一般疑问句或选择疑问句之前，将其改变为名词性从句而已。如果还原成独立句子就是一个一般问句或选择问句。你的问题的关键是only真正强调的是agreed, 还是because从句。答案是，only强调的是because从句。即only的作用和下面句子中相同：
I only did it because I love you.
= I did it only because I love you.
因此，网友的句子的whether从句逻辑意思是，“是不是仅仅因为......他们才同意.....的。”
陈老师：
Harry could not help wondering whether they had only agreed to come on what now felt like a pointless and rambling journey because they thought he had some secret plan that they would learn in due course.
参考译文：哈利不禁怀疑，他们当初之所以同意参加这一行动，是以为他有什么秘密计划，会在适当的时候透露给他们，而现在感觉这行动像是漫无目标/毫无意义的流浪。
备注：whether 引导宾语从句，because引导原因状语从句
上文的句子来自下面这段话
Harry could not help wondering whether they had only agreed to come on what now felt like a pointless and rambling journey because they thought he had some secret plan that they would learn in due course. Ron was making no effort to hide his bad mood, and Harry was starting to fear that Hermione too was disappointed by his poor leadership. In desperation he tried to think of further Horcrux locations, but the only one that continued to occur to him was Hogwarts, and as neither of the others thought this at all likely, he stopped suggesting it.
