consider的用法

米样

今天看到这样的说法，求证！
Note that both "consider X Y" (without "to be") and "consider X to be Y" are idiomatically correct expressions, but "consider as" is not correct.

之前好像在语法笔记上看到过 consider...to be...也是不对的，大家怎么看？

soha111

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我爱西瓜

牛津高阶词典里面现实，consider 后面的AS ,to be都被省略了。GMAT里面也是，这样的。

abjure

楼上说的不准确。

你可以对照OG12-117的解释和RON下面说的一模一样
http://www.manhattangmat.com/forums/idiom-consider-t2758.html



-RON
(1)Consider X to be Y
(2)Consider X Y
(3)Consider X as Y
all of them are correct.

the first two have exactly the same meaning; you'd use the first only when the extra words 'to be' are justified, either because they resolve some sort of ambiguity or because there's just A LOT of stuff between 'X' and 'Y'.
examples:
Most Americans consider Beverly Hills, a ritzy suburb to the north of Los Angeles, to be a desirable place to live. <-- possible ambiguity (could mean l.a. is desirable) if you don't include 'to be' here
Most Americans consider Beverly Hills a desirable place to live. <-- no ambiguity, so 'to be' would be unnecessarily wordy

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'consider as' means 'consider restrictedly in the capacity of or in the role of'. for instance:
Considered as a work of art, Grant Wood's "American Gothic" is wholly unremarkable; considered as a depiction of everyday 1930's Americana, however, it is a classic piece. <-- i.e., the piece is unremarkable from the standpoint of art, but remarkable from the standpoint of american historical portrayal.

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