2 similar to的比较对象

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2022全国甲卷阅读B篇的句子:

Goffins cockatoos, a kind of small parrot native to Australasia, have been shown to have similar shape-recognition abilities to a human two-year-old.

如果把similar往后放:

Goffins cockatoos, a kind of small parrot native to Australasia, have been shown to have shape-recognition abilities similar to that of a human two-year-old.

我想这句是要加that of的,请问原句的正确性。

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最佳答案 2022-07-21 08:58

原句没有错,你理解的仅是关于similar 比较的其中一种用法。我引用大家普遍认可的《剑桥英语语法》p 1141的例句来佐证:

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你的理解和 i  的结构是一致的。高考题句属于ii的结构。


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曹荣禄  
擅长:动词用法,句法问题

赞同好题老师的解答。该书这部分完整的论述复制如下供大家参考:

Similar with a comparative complement
Similar selects to and is found in the following range of constructions:
[12] i This festival is rather similar to Munich’s Oktoberfest. [predicative]
ii The tribunal has powers similar to those of the courts. [postpositive]
iii She was using a similar argument to that outlined above. [attributive:i]
iv This problem is of similar complexity to the last one. [attributive:ii]
The secondary term in the comparison is in all cases expressed by the complement of
to. Where similar is used predicatively the primary term is expressed by its predicand –
the subject this festival in [i], the object in They have made this festival rather similar
to Munich’s Oktoberfest. In the postpositive use it is given by the part of the nominal
preceding similar, here powers – the comparison is between the powers the tribunal has
and the powers of the courts. In the attributive use of similar (much less frequent than
the other two) there are two possibilities. In [iii] (Type i), the primary term is given
by the comparative phrase – a ... argument. In [iv] (Type ii), it is given by some other
NP – the subject this problem. Type i is the more usual construction; in the following
pair, for example, [i] is much more likely than [ii]:
[13] i She was using a similar argument to yours. [attributive:i]
ii She was using a similar argument to you. [attributive:ii]
Nevertheless, Type ii examples are readily found:
[14] i We should set up a local Labour Party along similar lines to the London one.
ii Errors on this new task take a very similar form to those which are made on the
conservation or class inclusion task.
iii A semi-synthetic molecule available in Europe and Japan, artepon, has a similar
mechanism of action to the drugs currently under study.
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陈才   - 英语教师
擅长:中考英语,词法问题

网友理解是正确的,但是需要把“that改为those ”

A is similar to B AB必须是同类事物进行比较。

My teaching style is similar to that of most other teachers.我的教学风格和多数教师相似。

A=my teaching style=我的教学风格

B=the style of most other teachers=其他大多数老师的教学风格

备注:that指代“teaching style=教学风格”


Goffin’s cockatoos, a kind of small parrot native to Australasia, have been shown to have shape-recognition abilities similar to those of a human two-year-old.

备注(1)those指代shape-recognition abilities =形状识别能力

备注(2):similar to those of a human two-year-old.为形容词短语作后者定于,修饰前面名词shape-recognition abilities ”相当于定语从句“which are similar to those of a human two-year-old”。

以上句子语法结构分析如下

Goffin’s cockatoos,主语// a kind of small parrot native to Australasia,同位语// have been shown谓语动词// to have shape-recognition abilities similar to those of a human two-year-old主语补足语//.

备注(1)shape-recognition abilities similar to those of a human two-year-old为不定时to have的宾语成分。

备注(1):similar to those of a human two-year-old.为不定时to have的 宾语的后者定于成分。


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