请教曹老师:
His obsession with painting began as early as his childhood.
as early 是主句的状语,as 是early 的程度状语。
同时,as early 是主句的比较项,在主句中作状语;as his childhood 是比较分句省略后的部分,his childhood 是比较分句中的状语。
as his childhood =as his obsession with painting began in his childhood
问题:曹老师,我发现这里的比较项as early 并没有在比较分句中有完整的比较对应项;因为比较分句的状语是in his childhood;相反,倒是作early 程度状语的as很像是比较项,分句的比较对应项作in his childhood 的程度状语。这是不是就像剑桥英语所说的那样,as 引导比较分句,补足such, as, so, the same 的语义