1.conveyed的用法是正確的,英語中有三類詞是非謂語動詞:不定式,動名詞和過去分詞,動名詞表主動,而過去分詞表被動,在the symbolic meanings subtly conveyed中,主語與動詞是被動的關系,那麽為什麽用非謂語動詞呢,很簡單,除了復合句和幾個謂語同時並列的情況,壹個句子只能有壹個謂語動詞,後面的 should be taken 就是這句話的謂語,而subtly conveyed 只是作定語修飾前面的主語,同時這句話我們可以把它改成壹個定語從句:the symbolic meanings which are subtly conveyed should be taken more seriously. 這樣應該好理解了吧?
2.be to do是不定式作表語,不定式作表語表示具體動作或將來動作,如:
My work is to clean the room every day.
His dream is to be a doctor.