请解释这句话中的of的用法.

Question

A good deal of physical capital remained; and of the roads, railways and factories that had been destroyed, much could be quickly rebuilt.

Answer 1

我来回答一下吧,虽然我是读中文的.

A good deal of physical capital remained; and of the roads, railways and factories that had been destroyed, much could be quickly rebuilt.

这一句话中有两个of,那么我就两个都分析吧.

1,第一个of:可以说它是一个固定的搭配,a good deal of 表示"许多,大量",这一个短语只能修饰不可数名词,即后面的宾语只是不可数名词.还有的,如a lot of /a large number of /lots of /a large quantity of /等等,都是of 的固定搭配,是一定要记住的.

2,第二个of:of the roads, railways and factories,表示"在这些公路,铁路和工厂中",这个of的意思是"在……中/在……里面",后面的that had been destroyed是一个定语丛句,修饰前面的名词roads, railways and factories.
of 表示"在……中"的意思,它组成的短语一般放在句子的前面,如,Of all students ,she is the first to arrive at school."在所有的学生中,她是第一个到校的."

Answer 2

much of the roads,railways and factories could be ...

Answer 3

这是固定搭配
a lot of
a number of
a great deal of