showed that most people prevaricated for several minutes after the planes struck, making phone calls, filing papers or shutting down their computers before attempting to escape.
这里making phone calls filing papers shtting down their computers是发生在prevaricate之后的事情吗?语法上属于什么用法
1. showed 后的that 从句是宾语从句这是无疑的。2. 宾语从中含有多个层次a)主结构:most people prevaricated for several minutes.多数人支吾了一会儿。 b) 时间状语after the planes struck, 飞机(发动机)出故障以后;c)以现在分词短语形式出现的三个伴随状语 *1:making phone calls, (他们)打电话 *2:filing papers(他们)整理文件
*3:or shutting down their computers before attempting to escape.(他们)在尝试逃...