1. an area twice the size of Wales
这是我在牛津高阶词典上看到的一个名词词组,twice the size of Wales直接作了后置定语,可以这么用吗?道理是什么?能否举出一些类似的例句?
2. Dog's sense of smell is up to 100,000 times greater than human being's.
up to是介词,应该接名词或表示方位或事件的副词,这里为什么接了形容词比较级?
3. More than 5 people have been killed.
这句话的主语到底是什么?我的分析是More是代词,主语就是more,than是介词,than 5 people介词短语作more的修饰语,这样的分析是否正确?
4. More than twice as many tons of corrugated cardboard are recycled each year than(as) are tons of newspaper.
这里的more than可否同样把more分析为代词?该如何分析此句?另外,如果把more than删去,twice as many tons of corrugated cardboard就变成主语了,但是,这个是名词词组吗?而且倍数 + as...as结构一般是作表语,为什么能作主语呢?
5. He has lived there for as long as 5 years.
这里的as long as我的分析是第一个as是副词,修饰long,而long是表示时间的副词,作for的宾语,第二个as 5 years是比较分句,修饰long,是否正确?
注:不要说是固定搭配或习语或看成整体,这样的说法很牵强,无法令人信服,我现在就是要专门扣语法!
谢邀答。这些句子的含义应该很容易理解。上面曹老师已经写到了,扣语法貌似不是这个扣法儿,扣的方向不太对。字典亦把此种more than, as long as视为整体对待,愣要把它们拆开分析,这么做也没啥子意义吧。以下是我自己的理解:
1.an area twice the size of Wales=an area (that/which is) twice the size of Wales. twice为副词;A is double/twice the size or age(或其他) of B. 这种表达方式很常见;
2. up to可以看成是个副词,修饰数词100,000,原句子去掉up to的话从语法结构上也没啥影响;
3. more than整体亦可视为一副词,修饰数词5;
4.more than整体视为一副词,修饰副词twice,这个去掉more than的话除了句意上也不影响啥。
We recycled more than twice as many tons of corrugated cardboard each year than(as) are tons of newspaper.
这个句子转为被动句就是原句子吧。后面的than/as作为连词看待,引导状语从句,且后面的从句用了倒装。(具体的比较状语从句这个我不太了解,我主要是从语感的角度来判断的)
5. as long as亦作为整体看待,可看作一个副词性质的短语。
free dictionary:
You also use as long as to say that something lasts for a long period of time, or for as much time as possible.
例句:
Any stomach ache that persists for as long as one hour should be seen by a doctor. PS:此种情况不可用so long as。