由as和than引导的比较状语从句很少以完整的句予形式出现,从句中重复主句内容的某些成分通常被省略,剩下一个不完整的、更简单的结构.《当代英语语法》(“A Grammar of Contemporary English”,以下简称GCE)的作者说,“因为在比较结构中...由as和than引导的比较状语从句很少以完整的句予形式出现,从句中重复主句内容的某些成分通常被省略,剩下一个不完整的、更简单的结构.《当代英语语法》(“A Grammar of Contemporary English”,以下简称GCE)的作者说,“因为在比较结构中,主句和从句的结构和内容都是非常对称的,所以省略在这里不是例外反而是一种规则。”书中还为我们提供了一个例子,说明一个完整的比较从句,是怎样逐步省去重复的内容而约简为一个单独的成分的:展开更多
1. IntroductionAs and than, when used to introduce clauses of comparison, are generally regarded as subordinating conjunctions. As is often used as a correlative to as in the construction as ... as, than is often used...1. IntroductionAs and than, when used to introduce clauses of comparison, are generally regarded as subordinating conjunctions. As is often used as a correlative to as in the construction as ... as, than is often used as a correlative to more or less in the construe-tion more / less ...than.Adverbial clauses of comparison introduced by as and than seldom appear in their full clause forms. More often we employ simpler constructions, with some elements in the adverbial clauses展开更多
文摘由as和than引导的比较状语从句很少以完整的句予形式出现,从句中重复主句内容的某些成分通常被省略,剩下一个不完整的、更简单的结构.《当代英语语法》(“A Grammar of Contemporary English”,以下简称GCE)的作者说,“因为在比较结构中,主句和从句的结构和内容都是非常对称的,所以省略在这里不是例外反而是一种规则。”书中还为我们提供了一个例子,说明一个完整的比较从句,是怎样逐步省去重复的内容而约简为一个单独的成分的:
文摘1. IntroductionAs and than, when used to introduce clauses of comparison, are generally regarded as subordinating conjunctions. As is often used as a correlative to as in the construction as ... as, than is often used as a correlative to more or less in the construe-tion more / less ...than.Adverbial clauses of comparison introduced by as and than seldom appear in their full clause forms. More often we employ simpler constructions, with some elements in the adverbial clauses
