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发布于:2017-07-30 23:51
偶觉得,要理解so much在这里的作用,是不是可以引入somwhat这样一个说辞来参考认识一下:
He is somewhat a farmer |
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21#
发布于:2017-07-30 23:52
He is not so much a farmer
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22#
发布于:2017-07-31 00:02
再比如:
He is so much a farmer (即,not so much的肯定式) |
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23#
发布于:2017-07-31 00:03
He is also a farmer
He is still a farmer |
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24#
发布于:2017-07-31 00:04
His nevertheless
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25#
发布于:2017-07-31 00:04
He is nevertheless a farmer
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26#
发布于:2017-07-31 00:09
由上面的比较例句可以看出,is 和表语之间的内容,本质上是修饰动词(这里是be动词第三人称单数现在时)的,说得宽泛点,是通过后置修饰be动词从而实现修饰be a farmer整个短语了。
即: be a farmer(是农民) be so much a farmer(真是个农民,太是个农民了) |
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27#
发布于:2017-07-31 00:11
be not somuch a farmer(并不怎么是农民,不怎么算是农民)
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28#
发布于:2017-07-31 00:15
He is from the very beginning a farmer
(不过,这句中的介宾结构修饰语通常选择后置于系表结构后) |
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29#
发布于:2017-07-31 00:22
于是,偶们来看主题的前半句:
His sin was not so much stealing the money 略去修饰语not so much,成为His sin was stealing the money(他的罪过是偷钱) 添加修饰成分: His sin was not so much stealing the money(他的罪过并不能怎么说是偷钱) |
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30#
发布于:2017-07-31 00:28
后半句,其实是和前半句各部相对应而对称的,即:
it was getting caught 因此,偶仍然觉得,这里it对应stealing the money逻辑上不通。 因为偶们省略前半句修饰语,那么是这样的: His sin was not stealing the money as it was getting caught |
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31#
发布于:2017-07-31 00:29
然后再来看as在这里的作用。首先偶们看一个比较例句:
He is a farmer as I am a teacher |
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32#
发布于:2017-07-31 00:32
从这个比较例句偶们知道,as在这里有轻微的转折意思,表示列举两种不同情况,可以理解成“而”或者“当…时”又或者“正如”等等,甚至通常可以不译出
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33#
发布于:2017-07-31 00:37
按照这样理解,偶们回看前面略去前半句中修饰语的那句话:
His sin was not stealing the money as it was getting caught (他的罪过不是偷钱,当它(——>这罪过)是被抓住时) |
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34#
发布于:2017-07-31 00:42
加上修饰语so much后:
His sin was not so much stealing the money as it was getting caught (他的罪过并不在于偷钱,而在于被抓(<——他的罪过不怎么能说是偷钱,当这罪过是被抓时)) |
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35#
发布于:2017-07-31 00:48
到此,解析完毕,偶的这次解析和数日前做的解析本质上(从生成语法在深层概念翻译层面上)是相同的。
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36#
发布于:2017-07-31 00:48
当然,这仍然是偶个人理解
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37#
发布于:2017-07-31 00:58
He was not so much a farmer at that time as he was a teacher
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38#
发布于:2017-07-31 00:58
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39#
发布于:2017-07-31 01:31
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