請英文高手解析-同位語的用法請解析下列三句…感恩

Question

Basra, Iraq's second biggest city, remains dangerous with Shiite, factions battling each other for control.

Turkmenistan's authoritarian president Saparmurat Niyazov, who ruled the Central Asian country for 21 years, has died aged 66, state TV has reported.

The meeting,at Mr Olmert's residence in the city , lasted nearly two hours.


has died aged 66 此句的功能為何是同位語嗎?如果是的話，是否有所省略呢?還是附帶一提的說明呢(代表可有可無)，如果有所省略的話，原本句字應該是怎麼樣的呢?省略的規則又為何呢? Iraq's second biggest city、at Mr Olmert's residence in the city這兩句也是同位語。能否解析一下這三個句子呢?為何有些同位語裏面有動詞，有些只有名詞。該如何區別呢?

感謝您的回答讓我更加清楚

Iraq's second biggest city, remains dangerous, with Shia factions battling

each other for control.

能否再幫我解析此句呢？

Answer 1

Basra, Iraq's second biggest city, remains dangerous with Shiite, factions battling each other for control.
Basra=Iraq's second biggest city, 所以是同位語沒錯.
第二句應該是少了引號:
"Turkmenistan's authoritarian president Saparmurat Niyazov, who ruled the Central Asian country for 21 years, has died aged 66," state TV has reported.
引號中的句子是電視台所報導的. 它的主要結構是:
Turkmenistan's authoritarian president Saparmurat Niyazov has died aged 66.
而
who ruled the Central Asian country for 21 years
是一個形容詞子句來補充說明Saparmurat Niyazov是何許人也. 不是同位語.
如果一定要找同位語, 可以寫成:
Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan's authoritarian president, who ruled the Central Asian country for 21 years, has died aged 66.
Turkmenistan's authoritarian president是Saparmurat Niyazov的同位語.
The meeting, at Mr Olmert's residence in the city, lasted nearly two hours.
at Mr Olmert's residence in the city 是表示"地方"的副詞片語, 也不是同位語.
要更進一步了解同位語, 可以參考這裡.





2006-12-26 02:34:16 補充：
表示"地方"的副詞片語--->
表示"地方"的形容詞片語

2006-12-26 22:35:00 補充：
Basra, Iraq's second biggest city, remains dangerous with Shiite factions battling each other for control.
各個什葉派系之間為爭奪操控優勢, 不斷爆發武裝衝突, 使得Barsa這個伊拉克的第二大城的情勢依然岌岌可危.
Barsa: S
remains: V
dangerous: 主詞補語
with.....control: 副詞片語修飾全句.

Answer 2

kevin--好厲害