private firms are more meritocratic and less likely to be afflicted with the bureaucracy troubling

题目

private firms are more meritocratic and less likely to be afflicted with the bureaucracy troubling
private firms are more meritocratic and less likely to be afflicted with the bureaucracy troubling many government agencies.这句话 bureaucracy 后面的troubling为什么用动名词,在句中是什么成分?

答案

不是动名词,是分词,动名词具有名词的特点,既可以作主语、宾语等,而分词具有形容词、副词的特点,可以做定语、状语.这里的troubling many government agencies是现在分词短语作定语修饰bureaucracy ：令许多政府机构头...