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先做一道题：
__________ continuous rain and a bad accommodation, we didn't enjoy our holiday very
much
[A] Apart from [B] With all
[C]Except for [D] What with
【答案】D
【题意】 一来是连续不断下雨，一来住宿条件太差，我们这次假期过得不怎么愉快。
what with …… and what with …… 用于引导原因状语，意为“一方面因为……一方面因为” 、“部分由于……，部分由于……”、“一来是……、二来是……”、“一则是……,一则是……”等。
这一结构中的 what 用作副词，相当于partly 的意思，with 表示原因。
例句：
1）What with drink and what with fright, he failed to give a clear account of the
accident.
一半由于酒醉，一半由于惊吓，他讲不清事故发生的经过。
2）What with teaching and what with writing, my time is fully taken up.
一则教课，一则写作，我的时间全部被占满了。
3）What with the heavy rain and his not knowing the way, he was late.
下着大雨，再加道儿不熟，所以他迟到了。
4）What with hard work and what with t aking too little care of himself, our
headmaster came to leave this world at the age of fifty.
一半由于工作太累，一半由于太不关心自己，所以我们的校长五十岁就去世了。
● 第二个what with常可省略。
1）What with ill overwork and under-nourishment, he fell ill at last.
由于过度劳累，加上营养不良，他终于病倒了。
2）What with having no exercise and being overweight, he he had a heart
attack.
一是因为缺少锻炼，一是因为身体过胖，他的心脏病发作了。
3）What with all this work and so little sleep at nights, I don’t think I can go
on much longer.
由于工作这么多，晚上睡得这么少，我恐怕干不下去了。
4）What with hard work and what with t aking too little care of himself, our
headmaster came to leave this world at the age of fifty.
一半由于工作太累，一半由于太不关心自己，所以我们的校长五十岁就去世了。
● 这一结构中的常用介词with，有时也可以用其它适当的介词。
1）What by policy and what by force, he finally accomplished their sinister
design.
一半靠策略，一半靠暴力，他们的阴谋诡计终于得逞。
2）What for offical business and what for private business, I have no leisure
these days.
由于公务私事，我近来没有闲工夫。
3）What through the weather and what through the heavy load on board,
the ship was late in arriving at the port.
一方面由于天气不好，一方面由于负载过重，船抵港口时误点了。
● 这一结构所列举的原因或理由一般为两个，也可为三个以上。
1）What with ill health, financial worries and anxiety about her children,
the poor woman broke down.
由于身体不好，为家庭经济状况焦急，为孩子操心等原因，这位可伶的女人的
精神终于支持不住了。
