句中的as引导的比较状语从句是否不太恰当

3 句中的as引导的比较状语从句是否不太恰当

The 50th Division overcame its initial difficulties by mid-morning and by nightfall had advanced almost to the outskirts of Bayeux, closer to its prescribed objectives than any other Allied formation on D-Day. Closer by far than the US 1st Infantry Division, which on Omaha beach had undergone the worst of the invasion ordeals, one nearly as costly in lives as the planners had feared would be the lot of all divisions landing on the morning of the invasion.

本句摘自一本战争历史书籍，句中as costly in lives as....从句是否不太恰当，as the planners had feared would be the lot of all divisions,这个句子如果按正常语序应该就是as the planners had feared the lot of all divisions would be，但是怎么能用as the planners had feared the lot of all divisions would be修饰costly in lives呢？

希望老师解惑，谢谢！

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分类：状语从句

最佳答案 2020-12-19 21:31

这个句子没有问题。我用as为连词，比较对应项在比较分句必须省略，留出空位来解释。

one为名词替代词，替代an invasion ordeal, 作the worst of invasion ordeals的同位语，as...as...结构作one的后置定语，类似定语从句，即：

one nearly as costly in lives as the planners had feared would be the lot of all divisions landing on the morning of the invasion.

= an invasion ordeal which was nearly as costly in lives as the planners had feared would be the lot of all divisions landing on the morning of the invasion.

as costly 为形容词作主句的表语,为比较项，as引导比较分句，比较对应项在从句中作表语必须省略，即从句的表语为空位gap。比较分句本身是个嵌入分句，即空位所在的分句是the planners had feared这个分句的宾语从句。在这个宾语从句中would be为系词，表语为空位，the lot of all divisions landing on the morning of the invasion为动名词复合结构作主语，因为主句比较长，结构复杂，所以采用了倒装结构，位于系词would be之后。

这个句子结构类似下句：
Tom is as aclever as is the man who has won first prize. 比较分句为倒装句。

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zbr1016. 2020-12-19 20:31

仔细看了一下，这种句型涉及到答疑网的"无头悬案"，因为它是不合常规的省略了主语。

参见以下两个链接

https://www.cpsenglish.com/question/26411

https://www.cpsenglish.com/question/28568

你的这个句子比链接里的要更复杂一点，因为省略的主语是从句的主语。

as costly in lives as the planners had feared [__would be the lot of all divisions landing on the morning of the invasion.]

这个结构如何合理解释至今在答疑网还是被悬置的，不过这不是答疑网老师的问题，因为答疑网老师采信的解释体系是CGEL的，而在这本书里边这个问题也是被悬置的。关于比较项和比较对应项分别为AdjP和NP这种情况, 该书作者认为，这种用法是否常见，以及句法上是否合理是值得怀疑的。