2 be described as 后可以接句子吗

近日在美国媒体看到这样一句:

What's more, I'd noticed from years of covering international development and gender issues as a writer and editor, that Black, brown and poor women had to content themselves with their bodies being described as contested geographical spaces might be.

as 后使用了一个句子,感觉这种用法不准确。不知各位老师和网友怎么看?谢谢!

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最佳答案 2021-09-06 10:05

describe A as B 这种结构中,通常as 被分析为介词,后接名词、动名词、过去分词、形容词等。后接形容词或过去分词时被认为省略了动名词being。但偶尔,我们也会看到as后接的是一个主谓结构,即as引导的比较分句,此时as分句为方式状语,解释describe是如何描述的。你的句子中as后接的就是方式状语从句,might be 后省略了described。下面是COCA语料库的一个例句,其中as后也是一个分句。

A place that is described as' gods own country' is because it is rustic and charming, it is possessively protected from commercialism and encroachment by a very capable and modern government, which is the reason it is a very popular attraction for tourists from all over India and the world.

所以,在describe A as B 结构中,as B 合起来通常分析为宾语补足语。如果as后接分句,则as分句为describe的方式状语从句。


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王汝涛   - 英语教师
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describe ...as... 一般多接形容词,分词或名词。大概是句子有误,应该在as 后加上what或把might be 去掉。

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