OG12 SC-37 关于so as to do 的用法

leonnong

37.Although schistosomiasis is not often fatal, it is so
debilitating that it has become an economic drain on
many developing countries.

(A)it is so debilitating that it has become an
economic

(B)it is of such debilitation, it has become an
economical

(C)so debilitating is it as to become an economic

(D)such is its debilitation, it becomes an
economical

(E)there is so much debilitation that it has become
an economical

问题：C为什么不对呢？我查了一些资料，首先so... as to后面的动作发出的逻辑主语要跟as前面的主语一致，C也满足呀~然后牛津词典上也有个例句：I'm not so stupid as to believe that!C好像也符合呀~求NN帮看一下！~谢谢啦~

leonnong

Please help urself and search "I am so ugly as to"....
I cited Ron's explanation there.

-- by 会员 babybearmm (2012/3/16 10:18:35)

谢谢baby的提醒，我已经找到了！~
in general, you don't use so ADJ as to VERB unless the VERB describes some sort of state/condition. i.e., if the verb is an action verb, this construction generally isn't used.
for instance,
i am so ugly as to be viscerally repulsive to women. --> this works, because the verb “to be” describes a state/condition.
i am so ugly as to repel women on sight. --> you generally wouldn't see this in good writing, as “repel” is an action verb; the sentence would probably be written as i am so ugly that i repel women on sight.

再次非常感谢！！

leochenfc

xp111 发表于 2014-2-22 21:46
答案选A吗？

对对对对对对对对对对对对

xp111

答案选A吗？

emiliejiang

babybearmm 发表于 2012-3-16 10:18
Please help urself and search "I am so ugly as to"....I cited Ron's explanation there.

谢谢你，真的！

Jliiin

so

lm5054

I am so ugly as to

zhongshanlh

顶一下

zhongshanlh

求解答啊求解答

zhongshanlh

baby姐你给的连接里面说C的问题是在于不应当使用倒装，他强调的是so X as to Y中的X应当是adj/adv，而C中使用到装的话就相当于插入了一个clause。
而yiayia说的是因为是代词，所以使用部分倒装，说法不太一样。
我的疑问是1.yiayia说的因为是代词所以部分倒装这个原则，是适用于一般的倒装么？2.按照这个连接中的说法，那么我们是否就可以理解为so x as to y这个表达方式就不能使用倒装了，因为一倒装的话就会把主语谓语插入到so 与as to之间？3.....那个链接中的christiancryan是Ron大神？？

==
刚看到Ron的长篇发言，慢慢体会下
http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/manhattan-sc-guide-has-an-incorrect-idiom-t2566.html

看Ron的吧，假如我说的和他有矛盾以他为准

-- by 会员 babybearmm (2012/3/17 13:22:22)

zhongshanlh

用代词就需要使用部分倒装？有这样的rule么？

恩 因为C it是代词，所以部分倒装。
一直不懂为什么OG说 so x as to y is not a correct idiom.
另外become不是action verb（不知道是不是我们常说的及物，不及物动词）吧，also describes a state/condition,属于linking verb(连系动词)

RON的说法挺认可的：
The Emperor Augustus, it appears, commissioned an idealized sculptured portrait, the features of which are so unrealistic as to constitute what one scholar calls an “artificial face.”
so unrealistic as to constitute[相当于be ]
so unrealistic they constituted
so unrealistic that they have constituted
unrealistic enough so that they constitute（A）
unrealistic enough so as to constitute

constitute可以做linking verb，也可以做transitive verb，在本题是linking verb.
[linking verb, not in progressive] to be considered to be something　Failing to complete the work constitutes a breach of the employment contract.　The rise in crime constitutes a threat to society.

-- by 会员 yiayia (2012/3/17 11:01:14)