【原创】这个which are 为什么可以被省略?
The gigure include a number of costs (which are) associated with air pollution.
【答】(1)你的句子应该改为: The gigure includes a number of costs (which are) associated with air pollution. 或者 The gigures include a number of costs (which are) associated with air pollution. (2)如果定语从句的谓语动词是被动语态,可以把主语(关系代词)和助动词 be 一起省略,用过去分词短语作后置定语。如:A substance (which is) made up of atoms of differrent kinds is called a compound. 由不同类型的原子构成的物质称为化合物。(摘自赵俊英:《现代英语语法》p.1307)在你的句子中, (which are) associated with air pollution 是定语从句,从句中的谓语动词 are associated 是被动语态,所以 which are 可以省略。