But I realized it had been more than two years since I had read most of those titles. I had stopped reading gradually, the way one heals or dies.
请问:the way one heals or dies表达什么意思,怎样理解它与前面句子(I had stopped reading gradually)语义上的衔接。
谢谢老师!
1. the way one heals or dies用于说明前面的副词gradually。通常情况下,一个(病)人的痊愈或死亡(突发事故除外)都是渐进式的。这里作者是把自己放弃阅读与病人的痊愈和死亡在进行类比,共同点都是gradually。
2. 因为the way one heals or dies与gradually在语义上有互参性(coreferential),现代英语中一般把the way one heals or dies视为副词gradually的“(非限制性)同位语”,或者“说明性补充语”(也属于同位语的一种形式)。
3. 类似的用例:
He knew that Carrett had a wife and four daughters somewhere, in Worthing or Horsham or Lewes.
上述句子的in Worthing or Horsham or Lewes就是副词somewhere的同位语,对somewhere作补充性说明。
以上供尤老师参考。
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