2 A is to B what C is to D

Railway is to a country what blood vessel is to a man's body.

Environment is to us what water is to fish.

老师,请问这个A is to B what C is to D,它的结构是不是is前面的那个单词都是零冠词,因为railwayblood vesselenvironment(要表示生态环境或者自然环境的话,词典例句都是加冠词的)都是零冠词,是由句型的is决定零冠词的吗?

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最佳答案 2021-12-26 08:35

我觉得不能这么说,只能说你看到的那种形式更多见而已。而且,现代英语中,这种句式本身就少见了,这里用what更少,as要多些。这两个例句可以推翻你的零冠词推论:

1. Insurance companies are to health care as a fox is to guarding hens.

2. The man who cannot be trusted is to society what a bit of rotten timber is to a house.

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