请问老师:
Harry could not help wondering whether they had only agreed to come on what now felt like a pointless and rambling journey because they thought he had some secret plan that they would learn in due course.
这句话中的 whether 是对had only agreed to表示一般疑问还是对because表示一般疑问?
网友的提问方法并没反映出他真的的疑问所在,因此陈老师的回答并非你问的问题。
第一,whether不是疑问代词或疑问副词, 没有针对什么提问的问题。whether是个从属连词,具备疑问含义,但由于是连词,不作成分,只不过加在一个一般疑问句或选择疑问句之前,将它改变为名词性从句而已。假如还原成独立句子就是一个一般问句或选择问句。你的问题的重点是only真的强调的是agreed, 还是because从句。答案是,only强调的是because从句。即only有哪些用途和下面句子中相同:
I only did it because I love you.
= I did it only because I love you.
因此,网友的句子的whether从句逻辑意思是,“是否仅仅由于......他们才赞同.....的。”