一道关于whatever=anything that的选择题。

Question

-Mr.Black is a motivator.
-Yes，he always makes his student's interested in __ topic they are discussing.
A.whatever B.what C.whose
为什么选A，此处whatever=anything that，是吧。
如果是，那句子中只缺少一个宾语（interested in ），那样的话anything做宾语，that不是多出来了吗？

Answer 1

这句本来就是宾语从句，什么样的话题（subject），他们正在讨论的（they are discussing），所以按照你的这个解释，that在这里引导宾语从句是可以省的。

可以直接改为“he always makes his student's interested in any topic （that） they are discussing.”
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anything作interested in的宾语，
topic作discussing的宾语，

that又不是宾语，为什么能省略？

追答

topic应该是作为整个句子的宾语成份，“使他的学生对topic感兴趣”，而they are discussing作为从句修饰的就是topic，这里that作为宾语从句的引导词，一般情况是可以省略的。

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你这里不能这样理解：anything作interested in的宾语，topic作discussing的宾语。make sb interested in 是动词短语，是某人对什么感兴趣，topic是整句的宾语。

还有确切的说whatever=any topic that 或者anything that

所以要么改为：makes his student's interested in any topic （that） they are discussing.

或者makes his student's interested in anything（that） they are discussing.

Answer 2

whatever当作定语时，如这句不等于anything that， 在作其它成份时等于。 如
I will believe whatever (anything that) you said.
Whatever(anything that) can be eaten has been eaten.
这题选whatever作定语修饰名词topic. 意思是;他总是能使学生对他们讨论的任何话题感兴趣。追问

anything作interested in的宾语，
topic作discussing的宾语，

that又是作谁的宾语？？

追答

在这句中由于whatever作定语所以不能用anything that来代替。所以还是topic作in的宾语。

追问

whatever能作定语？

追答

当然能作。what和whatever的成份是一样的。如He would like to accept whatever help he can get .
whatever作定语修饰help.

追问

whatever翻译成什么？整个句子又怎么翻译？

追答

他总是能使学生对他们讨论的任何话题感兴趣

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