present,为什么这里用的是形容词,动词不可以吗?

题目

present,为什么这里用的是形容词,动词不可以吗?
We had to queue for hours to get in and there must have been several hundred people present just before the show began.

答案

there must have been several hundred people present 已经是个完整的句子了,有主谓宾,同一个句子里有一个谓语就可以了.于是在这里present是形容词做补语.“出席的,现在的,当前的”例如：How many people were pres...