定语从句,又名形容词从句,分限定性定语从句和非限定性定语从句。如:1.Thank you for the help that you have given me.(谢谢你给我的帮助)2.Miss Smith,whom you met at my house,is going to marry Mr Ab-bott.(史密斯小姐准备和艾博将先生结婚,你在我家见过她。)第一句是限定性定语从句,第二句是非限定性定语从句。由于名称“定语从句”的原故,英语初学者往往会顾名思义,认为定语从句就是定语。这种片面的看法,在翻译时往往会导致译文不通,甚至误译。如: Attributive clauses, also known as adjective clauses, are divided into finite attributive clauses and non-restrictive attributive clauses. Such as: 1. Thank you for the help that you have given me. (Thank you for your help) 2. Miss Smith, who will met at my house, is going to marry Mr Ab-bott. (Miss Smith to prepare and Ai Mr. Bo will be married and you have seen her in my family.) The first sentence is a restrictive attributive clause, and the second sentence is a non-restrictive attributive clause. Due to the name of “attributive clause”, English beginners tend to use the name as their meaning. They think that the attributive clause is the attributive. This kind of one-sided view often leads to unreasonable translation and even mistranslation during translation. Such as: