Darwin had a phrase to describe those ignorant of evolution: they look at an organic being as a savage looks at a ship,as at something wholly beyond his comprehension.

请问as at something wholly beyond his comprehension这里是as (a savage looks ) at something wholly beyond his comprehension.的省略吗？我是根据his判断主语应该是a savage,然后谓语动词跟前面一样就省略了，相当于两个方式状语从句。但是这样的话，两个状语从句之间就没有并列连词进行并联。

有个自称老师的人说主句结构是sb look at sth as sth.的结构，后面as at something wholly beyond his comprehension这里是as (they look ) at something wholly beyond his comprehension.的省略。但是我觉得他这个说法有很多不合理的地方，比如那个as sth的as应该是介词，但是原句中后面是个从句，所以介词是不合理的。

不知道各位老师对这个句子是什么看法。