as/though引导让步状语从句时的倒装以及冠词的有关问题

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Successful a man as he is (=As he is a successful man), he is not proud. 他虽然是个成功人士,但并不骄傲。 

Brave a man though he is (=Though he is a brave man), he trembles at the sight of snakes. 他尽管勇敢,可见到蛇还是发抖。


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问题:请问老师,倒装后用不用冠词a 。比如第一句是不是应该是?Successful man as he is,我看到http://www.yygrammar.com/Article/201703/5071.html  这篇文章里就提到了,倒装是例外。那么究竟谁是准确的呢?

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最佳答案 2019-08-16 17:15

Successful a man as he is (=As he is a successful man), he is not proud. 

Brave a man though he is (=Though he is a brave man), he trembles at the sight of snakes. 


1. 不用冠词;

2. 前面是名词时,美国用that, 不用as. 夸克CGEL上讲英国可用as;

3. 第一句容易把as当成了“因为”;

4. 这种as/though/that搞成的倒装形式,都不仅不是高大上的东西,而且还是人家讨厌的东西;

5. 知道有这种结构是应该的,但平时自己写作还是老老实实用 Though he is...


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yesmina

一、摘自 Practical English Usage,这本书是我唯一看到有特别说明名词只能接though(不能接as),且例句不带冠词(a/an)

255 as and though: special word order

adjective/adverb/noun + as + clause

As and though can be used in a special structure after an adjective, adverb or

noun. In this case they both mean 'although', and suggest an emphatic

contrast. (In AmE only as is normally used like this; though is unusual.)

Cold as/though it was, we went out. (= Although it was very cold,

... )

Bravely as/though they fought, they had no chance of winning.

Much as/though I respect your point of view, I can't agree.

Strange as/though it may seem, I don't like watching cricket.

After a noun, though can be used in this way (but not as).

Scot though she was, she supported the English team.


二、截图来自 A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language,虽然没有特别说明,但也符合这个规律:名词只接though,不带冠词


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三、朗文词典as词条,也没有接名词

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曹荣禄  
擅长:动词用法,句法问题

Successful a man as he is (=As he is a successful man), he is not proud. 他虽然是个成功人士,但并不骄傲。 

Brave a man though he is (=Though he is a brave man), he trembles at the sight of snakes. 他尽管勇敢,可见到蛇还是发抖。

as/though引导让步状语从句,从句某个成分前置(不是倒装)是为了强调。当前置的是一个单数名词时,通常不用冠词。但像successful man, brave man这样的名词词组前置时,强调的其实不是名词,而是作定语的形容词,定语形容词被程度副词强调,是需要不定冠词的。所以,以上二句中,前置的定语形容词前省略了程度副词as. 所以,该句应该等于:

As successful a man as he is, he is not proud. 他虽然是个成功人士,但并不骄傲。 

As brave a man though he is, he trembles at the sight of snakes. 他尽管勇敢,可见到蛇还是发抖。


以下为COCA的二个理解:

As wise a man as he is, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan has not been wise enough to realize the problems he caused by ending the dollar inflation, ...

As mild a man as he seemed, he had lived steadily in the service of his passion; ...

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邹德浩   - 英语教师
擅长:英语

@yesmina: 请问一下,我也查了一下English Practical Usage, 查到了您的例句,但没有查到那条用法说明。请问您用的是哪个版本?

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黎反修   - 英语翻译 (已退休)
擅长:数词用法,存在句,英语考试

   as 引导让步状语从句时,如果从句里的表语是可数名词单数形式,该名词前面不能用不定冠词,即使名词前面有形容词,也习惯不用不定冠词。例如:

    Great scholar as he is, he is lacking in common sense. 他虽然是个大学者,但是他缺乏常识。(摘自王福祯、王芳、许鸿主编《英语词语用法详解词典》p.90)

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