Our society, he contends ,..

Question

Our society, he contends , has become so fragmented that no one knows anymore whether another person will have a clue as to what he\'s saying.

句中 為何 使用that 跟 what
解釋一下文法，翻譯一下句子 謝謝!!

Answer 1

Our society, he contends , has become so fragmented that no one knows anymore whether another person will have a clue as to what he's saying.他聲稱我們的社會變得如此的分裂，以致於沒有人還會瞭解另一個人所說的話的一絲一毫的含意。這句話由五個句子組成，可以說是相當複雜。主要子句是 " he contends " (他聲稱）。附屬子句是 " our society has beomce so fragmented (我們的社會變得如此的分裂)。不過這兩個子句並沒有用 " that "連接起來，原因是作者後面還要用 " that "。 為了樣形容社會分裂的程度， 作者用「形容詞子句」來修飾 分裂(fragmented)這個字，這個子句是 " that no one knows anymore " (沒有人還會知道)。「知道」什麼呢？作者又接了一個「受詞子句」" whether another person will have a clue " (是否還有一個人知道蛛絲馬跡），什麼東西的「蛛絲馬跡」呢？作者又加了一個「形容詞子句」來描述 " as to what he's saying. " (他所說的話）。這裡所以用 " what " 而不用  " that " 是因為是要表達「什麼東西」的「蛛絲馬跡」之故。