(1)、That’s more than I can tell.
= That's more complicated a thing than I can tell.
(2)、The beauty of the place is more than I can describe.
= The beauty of the place is more delicate a thing than I can describe.
在这种结构中,more为代词,根据than从句谓语动词的意义,more隐含了一个形容词+ a thing.
问题1:请教曹老师!为啥是more加形容词加 a thing? 我感觉more是副词,应该为that is a more complicated thing than I can tell; 既;结构应该为a + more + adj + thing.
(3) 、These are indicators of crisis ,subject to data and statistics. Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land , a nagging fear that America’s decline is inevitable , and the next generation must lower its sights
问题2:subject to 是复合介词短语作indicators的定语; 后一句话为完全倒装,真正主语是a sapping of confidence across our land;less measurable but no less为表语 ; a nagging fear为a snapping of confidence的同位语; 请教曹老师,我这么理解对吗?
1 因为more要在主句中作表语,为比较项,其对应项还要在比较分句中作宾语,所以more必须是代词,不可能是副词。more加形容词加 a thing 是作者用来解释more的,它是一个名词词组,中心词是a thing. 所以more代替了一个名词词组,为代词。当你表达成more加形容词加 a thing的时候,形容词比较级中的more当然是副词了。但原句中作表语的more却不是副词,而是代词。当一个单数名词被more+形容词这种比较级形式修饰时,不定冠词a可以在比较级前,也可以在比较级之后。前者是普通用法,后者为强调比较级的特殊用法。例如语料库下面的二个例句:
Kemp later turned out to be far more complicated a partner than Dole or Reed had imagined.
I think it's going to be a more complicated parliament than before.
2 subject to something是形容词短语,作非限制性定语。其他理解正确。
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