关于As+形容词+名词+AS-分句的疑问,形容词比较结构在名词词组中的词序


在章振邦新编高级英语语法教程里,有如下描述:

1) I haven’t seen as cold a car as this for years=I haven’t seen a car as cold as this for years.

2) I can’t drink as sweet coffee as this=I can’t drink coffee as sweet as this.

3) I can carry parcels as heavy as this (不可说…as heavy parcels as this.

 

对于上述的的描述,我有点疑问,最初我认为是因为原级比较结构as….as中的第一个As是副词,所以后面必须加形容词,类似How/So/too/that/等的用法.所以对上述例子1和例子3我都可以理解,但是为什么在例子中,当比较项修饰不可数名词是可以用I can’t drink as sweet coffee as this这种描述,而名词变成复数却不可以说I can carry as heavy parcels as this?这背后的逻辑是啥?



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最佳答案 2020-09-08 20:12

尽管章振邦如是说,但我认为as+形容词只能后接单数名词,即不定冠词是必不可少的。所以as sweet coffee 是错误的,就如同as heavy parcels为错误是一个道理。《牛津英语用法指南》明确说明,as, so, how, too, this, that这六个程度副词+形容词+a/an +名词。这个结构没有不定冠词是不可能的。

改正的方法有二:

1 I can't drink coffee as sweet as this.

2 I can't drink such sweet coffee as this.

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曾克辉  
擅长:英语考试

你所提到的前两句是“as+形容词+a/an+可数名词单数+as-分句”和“as+形容词+不可数名词+as-分句”,这两种情况是可以这样相互转换的。至于第三句为什么不能这样转换,暂时还没有在其他辞书上找到解释和例证。不过,1983年版的章振邦《新编英语语法教程》(P.302)有一段说明(着重注意深蓝色字体),摘录如下,供你参考:

3)当as ... as结构与复数名词搭配以及more than结构与不同类别的单、复数可数名词搭配,或者受其他修饰语的限制时,这类比较结构通常置于所修饰的名词之后。例如:

He smokes cigarettes as expensive as he can afford.

There are men more intelligent than Mary.

I need a little cellophane as transparent as this.

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