6. 同格名词修饰是指of前后的两个名词都指同一个人或物,"of"以及它前面的名词构一个形容词短语,以修饰"of"后面的那个名词。如"her old sharper of a father",可译为:"她那骗子般的父亲"。
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- V1 |% J6 X6 YIt is as plain as plain can be.
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8. "It is in(with)…as in(with)"
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" K+ m2 K8 y$ ~5 t0 _8 J( T10."many as well…as"和"might as well …as" "many
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7 T" G5 m7 t$ h7 Z4 [One may as well not know a thing at all as know it imperfectly. |