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作者: greattaste    时间: 2003-8-23 20:56
标题: OG 105
105. An inventory equal to 90 days sales is as much as even the strongest businesses carry, and then only as a way to anticipate higher prices or ensure against shortages.

Answering the question itself is not difficult. But I am confused about the function of the latter half of the sentence: " , and then only as .... ".

I thought" , " +" and" should kick off a independent sentence . Can I interpret that the "is" is omitted? The full sentence, thus should read like:
", and then is only as a way to anticipate ......."

作者: braveMBA    时间: 2003-8-24 07:32
Yes, I agree with you that 'is' is omitted in the sentence after the ',' . Often, when the subjects are the same in a series sentence, and the verb of the main sentence is "be or become..", the subjects of the other parallel sentences can be omitted.
作者: greattaste    时间: 2003-8-24 21:19
got it
作者: philikittist    时间: 2004-7-18 15:34

补上be也不对呀,be a way就好了,be as a way?

而且inventory也不是way呀~

请高人指点!谢谢~


作者: 番茄笑了    时间: 2005-7-7 07:36
以下是引用philikittist在2004-7-18 15:34:00的发言:

补上be也不对呀,be a way就好了,be as a way?


而且inventory也不是way呀~


请高人指点!谢谢~


嗯,同问!我也觉得be as a way不太对!!


作者: titatita    时间: 2006-1-21 19:19
以下是引用philikittist在2004-7-18 15:34:00的发言:

补上be也不对呀,be a way就好了,be as a way?


而且inventory也不是way呀~


请高人指点!谢谢~



我试着解释一下,欢迎讨论


先看朗漫的解释


inventory noun
1 [countable] a list of all the things in a place
2 [uncountable] American English all the goods in a shop; stock1 (2): We made a complete inventory of everything in the apartment.


在美国英语中inventory是一个抽象名词,指一个店里的所有存货,但前面是可以加冠词a/an的.


在此我想说一下,越来越觉得有时不能扣词性扣的太死,就像中国有很多成语,改变词性,词义,省略主语,宾语那样,美国英语也一样有很多只可意会不可言传的东西.


1.这里an inventory是指一种<在店中储备相当于90天销售量的存货方法>.因为是抽象名词,所以是as much as


2.这种存货方法and then is as a way to...就逻辑通顺了,


3.后面的the strongest businesses carry ,carry是动词


4.整句我觉得是省略了这些成分后的结果


An inventory equal to 90 days sales is as much as ( the inventory)eventhe strongest businesses carry, and then  ( is )only as a way to anticipate higher prices or ensure against shortages.


别忘了as much as 是个比较结构,比较结构前后可省略相同成分的


因此我觉得carry是动词


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作者: liweiseed    时间: 2006-2-11 12:54

解释的非常好



作者: snowfield    时间: 2006-6-30 13:14

TITATITA的解释非常好,句子补充的非常好,是我看到的最合乎逻辑的了,建议作为精华贴!

一点补充:大家对 (is) then only as a way to anticipate higher prices or ensure against shortages心存疑虑,这里的as和前半句话的as much as 没有关系,在这里它是介词:In the role, capacity, or function of,‘作为’之意。

结合其他xdjm的意见,整句话可以翻译如下:相当于90天的存货量非常大,甚至是销售最好的商户所能承担的了,所以它仅仅是用来期待更高的价格或者防止货物短缺的手段。

美国传统词典:

prep.(介词)
In the role, capacity, or function of:
以…的身份,作为:充当角色、身份或功能的:
acting as a mediator.
充当调解人
In a manner similar to; the same as:
以相似的方式;如同:
On this issue they thought as one.
在这个问题上,他们意见一致

请指正。


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作者: huixia06    时间: 2006-8-12 02:07
titatita的解释的确是精华贴!太棒了,句子结构和逻辑意思很清晰,解惑啊!!!!!!!!!
作者: nuj_am    时间: 2007-8-29 14:00
titatita解释的好,禁不住要顶一下!
作者: kare0011    时间: 2007-8-30 11:37

感谢titatita的解释

另外,补充一点,OG11(紫皮)-92题中专门讲解了equal : equal is generally used for uncountable quantities, such as equal justice, not countable quantities. 所以从 equal to 就可以看出90 days sales 是一个抽象概念。这道题主要就是考不可数名词的比较,而相对应的92题是考可数名词的比较

92According to a study by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teachingcompanies in the United States are providing job training and general education for nearly eight million peopleabout equivalent to the enrollment of the nation's four-year colleges and universities

(A)  equivalent to the enrollment of

(B)  the equivalent of those enrolled in

(C)  equal to those who are enrolled in

(D)  as many as the enrollment of

(E)  as many as are enrolled in

AnswerC:
                    
Equal is generally used for uncountable quantities
such as equal justicenot countable quantitiessuch as peopleits meaning is too broad for this context

AnswerE: CorrectIn this sentenceas many as compares countable quantitiespeople are compared with peoplethe understood subject of are enrolled


作者: longbai    时间: 2007-12-25 23:03

疑问:如何能判断到底even是放在 as much as 之前呢,还是之后呢?even as much as ,如果是这样这个句子有意义吗?


作者: tigercaiqun    时间: 2008-2-22 12:10

titatita


作者: rorarora    时间: 2008-3-27 15:43

看来此句还是比较

即:A equal to....is as much as (A) (that).....(定从)

只不过此处连定从引导词that都省略掉了。

太强了.....让人完全不知所云.........

而且很难判断carry是动词还是名词.......


作者: bananaleaf    时间: 2008-5-28 16:45
谢谢NN们
作者: 梵尘    时间: 2008-9-18 01:09

titatita ,

谢谢了!


作者: winnemashi    时间: 2009-9-2 15:02

An inventory equal to 90 days sales is as much as ( the inventory)eventhe strongest businesses carry, and then ( is )only as a way to anticipate higher prices or ensure against shortages.

as a way能这样做表语吗?


作者: PebbleJ    时间: 2010-1-21 13:27
同谢titatita!!
作者: zxkingsey    时间: 2010-1-26 11:40
同意titatita




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