present,为什么这里用的是形容词,动词不可以吗?Wehadtoqueueforhourstogetinandtheremusthavebeenseveralhundredpeoplepresentjustbeforetheshowbegan.

Question

present,为什么这里用的是形容词,动词不可以吗?
We had to queue for hours to get in and there must have been several hundred people present just before the show began.

Answer 1

there must have been several hundred people present 已经是个完整的句子了,有主谓宾,同一个句子里有一个谓语就可以了.于是在这里present是形容词做补语.“出席的,现在的,当前的”例如：How many people were present at the meeting?有多少人出席会议?
译：我们必须排队等候好几个小时才能入场,在演出开始前现场有数百个人.