Roughly, this is the syntax: : n) W+ i! P. O0 ^% z! I z2 q6 N6 \! u7 U3 R# v
Subject: Tom Clancy 1 ~/ C# W; P( S4 F( {; Z. G' u6 g4 y$ I5 y/ e
Verb: was best known for 9 o) ?! }9 a, T% e6 b : `& e+ j9 X5 B& x. V: E. n9 YObject: his hit spy and military-themed thrillers set! d& B& ^7 i5 [1 g2 [3 @
带着梦想远飞 发表于 2013-10-2 14:41 . w! D" O- N5 k& ~
(Tom Clancy)( was best known)( for his hit spy and military-themed thrillers set)( during and ...
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感谢楼上诸位,这里 hit 应该 是 noun 吧 , 如果在hit后面 加个 on就好理解了6 y% j7 M, u+ V
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for his hit (on) spy and military-themed thrillers set
这个句子这么重要么? (Tom Clancy) (was best known)( for his hit spy and military-themed thrillers) (set during and after the Cold War.) 6 T4 A& z" i3 ^ P! Z+ v2 }( m5 Y7 W Z. r# S9 Y- H$ N
算是总结前面几楼的理解: ' U! u. Y9 }0 m' c4 D# O1) hit, noun, informal for widely appealing5 f k; H- V+ U0 b* e9 C
2) set, verb (in the form of past participle). Here it means the settings of those thrillers are Cold War. / t3 M- K# P2 j- J" G) S 1 ^# V2 O. q' \ u( [If not for a serious advanced test, you do not have to accurately understand every word or phrase and its background information. _$ g; ]; |% }$ x8 Q9 Z
the key word here is the word "hit". it should be "hits" (plural) and the word "on" should also be used after hits. the plural is required because the word "thrillers" (plural) was used later on in the sentence. alternatively, to use the word "hit on", the word "thrillers" will then need to be changed to "thriller". both are acceptable but the first scenario is more correct because we all know Tom Clancy has more than 1 "thrillers".