near作介词也是由形容词演变而来的,因此介词near也可以有比较级。throne是介词宾语。
以下为朗文词典例句:
We are no nearer an agreement than we were six months ago.
near后接名词,near为介词,仍可以有比较级。(有人认为near的介词用法实际是形容词或副词后的介词to在语言演变中漏掉了。因此near成了唯一可有比较级变化的介词。)
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I see I am nearer the throne than I supposed.
【翻译】我知道,我现在比原来想象的要更接近王位了。
按语法来讲,I see I am nearer the throne than I supposed. 是应该在nearer 之后加介词to。
I see I am nearer to the throne than I supposed.
near 既是介词又是形容词。例如:
My school is near the railway station. (介词)
My school is near to the railway station.(形容词,后面有介词to)
以上两句意思一样。
也就是说,上句去掉to 后,near 就是介词。
由于两个词性兼而有之,所以,英美人往往混在一起使用,near 用了形容词的比较级,而忘掉了加to,所以就出现了你这样的句子:
I see I am nearer the throne than I supposed.
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