Both staff and customers will also need reassuring that the company has sufficient financial resources to survive the economic downturn.
职员和顾客还需要了解公司拥有足够的财务资源扛过经济衰退期,如此他们才能安心。
请问reassuring是形容词吗?后面的that从句是什么从句?
Both staff and customers will also need reassuring that the company has sufficient financial resources to survive the economic downturn.
本句有两个结构需要弄了解:
(1)need doing = need to be done
need reassuring =need to be reassured
(2)reassure sb.(间接宾语) that... (直接宾语) 被动式为:
sb. isreassured that...
两个结构结合为:
sb. needsreassuring that ... 等于:
sb. needs tobe reassured that ...
reassuring 是动名词,作 need 的宾语。而 that 从句是 reassuring 的直接宾语,Both staff and customers 是reassuring 逻辑上的间接宾语。
所以:
Both staff and customers will also need reassuring that the company has sufficient financial resources to survive the economic downturn.
Both staff and customers will also need to be reassuredthat the company has sufficient financial resources to survive the economic downturn.