英文中的复合句式

In English, we can connect a completesentence (an independent clause) with anincomplete sentence (a dependent clause). We call this a complex sentence. In order tomake a complex sentence, we must use asubordinating conjunction (there are toomany to remember, but here are a fewcommon ones: after, because, than, if, when)

在英语中，我们可以把一个完整的句子（主句）和一个不完整的句子（从句）连接起来。这样的句子就叫复合句。想造一个复合句我们要使用从属连词（从属连词非常多，以下是几个常用的：after, because, than, if, when）。

Here"s an example of a complex sentence: He told me the answer after I asked him.

这里有一个复合句的例子：He told me the answer after I asked him. (我向他提问之后，他告诉了我答案。)

Here, we can see an independent clause ("He told me the answer") is connected to adependent clause ("after I asked him").

这里，我们可以看到一个主句 (He told me the answer 他告诉了我答案)连接了一个从句 (after I asked him 我向他提问之后)。

In today"s dialogue, we see another example of a complex sentence, "I"m afraid it"s more work than I have time for." But it"s used to make a comparison. To do this, we just need to add a comparative adjective, and use the subordinating conjunction "than."

在今天的对话中，有另一个复合句的例子："I"m afraid it"s more work than I havetime for. (恐怕我没有那么多时间完成这个。)" 但这里是用来作比较。我们只需要加一个形容词比较级，然后使用从属连词than就可以了。

Here"s the structure: clause1 + comparativeadjective + than + clause2.

使用时的结构为：分句1 + 形容词比较级 + than + 分句2。