Prep1-36

Prep1-36

Thomas Eakins's powerful style and his choices of subject--the advances in modern surgery, the discipline of sport, the strains of individuals in tension with society or even with themselves--was as disturbing to his own time as it is compelling for ours.

(A) was as disturbing to his own time as it is

(B) were as disturbing to his own time as they are

(C) has been as disturbing in his own time as they are

(D) had been as disturbing in his own time as it was

(E) have been as disturbing in his own time as

答案：B。我对B选项的正确性是没有问题的。我想问的是，B选项最后as后面的they are这里是不是不可以省略？如果不可以省略，是否是因为前面是were，而后面的则是they "are"呢？另外，我对于这类比较结构中比较的后半部分什么时候可以省略谓语动词什么时候不可以省略存在问题。觉得挺迷茫的。。。请nn多多指教！

A was as disturbing to his own time as it is compelling for ours.

按照楼主mm的意思，说成A was disturbing to his own time as compelling for ours. 读起来很怪，如果是同一个形容词，应该可以省略相同部分

今天的financial times 有篇文章正好有这样一个结构的句子：

 Hence, an insight that is
            as powerful as it is counterintuitive: poor but resource-rich countries tend to be underdeveloped not despite their hydrocarbon and mineral riches but because of their resource wealth.