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Q41: GWD-4-13
A leading figure in the Scottish enlightenment, Adam Smith’s two major books are to democratic capitalism what Marx’s Das Kapital is to socialism.

A.    Adam Smith’s two major books are to democratic capitalism what
B.    Adam Smith’s two major books are to democratic capitalism like
C.    Adam Smith’s two major books are to democratic capitalism just as
D.    Adam Smith wrote two major books that are to democratic capitalism similar to
E.    Adam Smith wrote two major books that are to democratic capitalism what  
我选了A，为什么主语一定要是人呢？请教高人啊！谢谢

qiushuang76

为什么不能用just as 呢？？？

qiaohengsdu

威武！

mars0624

thx

sunluning0

.“A is to B what X is to Y ”/ “what X is to Y A is to B”.

Look at the examples:

1). The man who can’t be trusted is to society what a bit of rotten timber is to a house.

 （不能信赖的人对于社会，正如朽木对于房子一样。）

  译成：“A对于B正如/ 就像X对于Y 一样。”

  （也可以把what 从句放在句首，再用一个 “that”加在后面的句子上。）

2). Air is to us what water is to fish.

3). Money is to her what muscle is to the body.

4). What the leaves are to the forest, that to the world are children.

  (树叶对于森林，正像小孩对于世界一样。)

5). What the blueprint is to the builder (that) the outline is to the writer.

 （建筑师对于蓝图就像作家对于写作的轮廓一样。）

红尘道士

这是一个句型 A is to X what B is to Y.

-- by 会员 pansean (2010/6/18 1:14:10)

请问有没有这个语法点的详细说明

pansean

这是一个句型 A is to X what B is to Y.

shixiaoliu1986

我问一下为什么不用smiliar to用what，这个what是什么作用啊

pansean

同意楼上。。LZ要看清主语修饰语意思。。

GraceZhou

A leading figure(人) ---Adam Smith (人)