人们仍像躲避毒药那样躲他.Peoplestillavoidhimasthoughhe人们仍像躲避毒药那样躲他.Peoplestillavoidhimasthoughhewerepoison.我想知道为什么用were不用was.我这里没明白啊,poison也不是复数的,

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人们仍像躲避毒药那样躲他.People still avoid him as though he
人们仍像躲避毒药那样躲他.
People still avoid him as though he were poison.
我想知道为什么用were 不用was .我这里没明白啊,poison也不是复数的,

Answer 1

这里用到的是虚拟语气,举个例子,if I were a boy这首歌名呢用到的也是虚拟语气,我本身是女孩,而不是男孩,所以如果我说 如果我是男孩,动词要用were.因为这个男的不是毒药,所以是虚拟语气用were.