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Question

The performance of the host, _______ to please the audience and draw their attention, was greeted with a cold silence,however.
A intended B, intending
疑惑：
1，为什么要用intended不能用现在分词？
2，麻烦分析结构，例如however之类的在句子中起什么作用？
跪谢

Answer 1

先看intend这个动词的原型，应该是sb intend sth (as sth or to do sth), 这里其实就是 the host intend the performance to please......
也就是the performance is intended to please.....
这样的逻辑关系，即被动。

事实上intended已经是一个形容词。
intended / -dɪd; -dɪd/ adj
1 [attrib 作定语] planned; meant; desired 计画的; 打算的; 意欲的: the intended meaning, result, effect, purpose 原来的意思、 想要的结果、 预期的效果、 原有的目的.

The performance of the host, (intended to please the audience and draw their attention,)(1) was greeted with a cold silence,however.

(1)定语
而however就是副词，句首句尾都一样。
从句：
The host's performance, which was intended to please the audience and draw their attention, was greeted with a cold silence. however.

Answer 2

过去分词intended表被动，定语从句的省略。省略了which was

Answer 3

解释：The performance of the host, （who was省略掉了 ）_intended__ to please the audience and draw their attention, was greeted with a cold silence, however.

句子的意思是，然而，这位想要娱乐观众和吸引他们注意力的主人的表演却遭到冷遇。

考点；be intended to
_intended__ to please the audience and draw their attention,这个是用来形容the host主人的， 只是一个修饰性的定语，真正的句子是The performance of the host was greeted with a cold silence。关于你说的，however，是因为英语的句子要保持头尾平衡，句子显得不会头重脚轻，翻译的时候要把however提到前面来。

Answer 4

两边用逗号隔开 performance是主语 was greeted 是谓语 虽然在语法功能上，-ed分词在句子中所能承担的成分基本与-ing分词相同，但在意义上两者有差别：-ing分词表示主动的意义，而-ed分词则表示被动的意义 however做插入语 可放在句中 两边用逗号隔开 也可放在句尾

Answer 5

1.根据句子分析可知，“_______ to please the audience and draw their attention”在句子中是做补充说明的成分，又因为the performance of the host 作主语，是事物，而不是人，所以应该用被动语态，即intended，而不是主动语态intending。
2.however是“然而”的意思，表转折，一般用语句中做插入语。