This room is as wide as that room is long.
主句比较项是wide还是as wide?
该比较对应项在比较分句as that room is long句中必须省略,但是我的困惑是:
as that room is long似乎不缺成分呀?如何理解as that room is long不缺成分,以及如何理解主句比较项(wide还是as wide?)在as分句中必须省略了?
如何理解呢?
语法书通常对此的解释是,同一个人或事物的不同性质作比较,比较分句则没有空位。
其实,你仔细想一想,一个房间的长和宽都有一定的程度,即度量。比如,This room is 5 metres wide and five metres long. 当我们要把这个房间的宽和长作比较时,我们比较的是宽的程度和长的程度。即把 5 metres 和 5 metres作比较,然后比较的结果是二者一致或一样的程度。现在看比较句:
This room is as wide as that room is long.
划线部分分别是主句的比较项和从句的对应项,对应项必须空缺。
记住,对应项不一定是主语、宾语或表语。它可以是方式状语、程度状语。
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