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rakesun

88. The Emperor Augustus, it appears, commissioned an idealized sculpture portrait, the features of which are so unrealistic as to constitute what one scholar calls an "artificial face."

(A)              so unrealistic as to constitute

(B)              so unrealistic they constituted

(C)             so unrealistic that they have constituted

(D)             unrealistic enough so that they constitute

(E)              unrealistic enough so as to constitute

选项没问题。只是句子结构看的很不明白。请问句子的主语是the feature吗？那前面的it appears是什么？插入语？这样的话The Emperor Augustus与commissioned an idealized sculpture portrait又是什么关系呢？

多谢各位！

soaring

以下是引用rakesun在2005-4-24 23:01:00的发言：

88. The Emperor Augustus, it appears, commissioned an idealized sculpture portrait, the features of which are so unrealistic as to constitute what one scholar calls an "artificial face."

(A)              so unrealistic as to constitute

(B)              so unrealistic they constituted

(C)             so unrealistic that they have constituted

(D)             unrealistic enough so that they constitute

(E)              unrealistic enough so as to constitute

选项没问题。只是句子结构看的很不明白。请问句子的主语是the feature吗？那前面的it appears是什么？插入语？这样的话The Emperor Augustus与commissioned an idealized sculpture portrait又是什么关系呢？

多谢各位！

The Emperor Augustus（这个是主句主语）, it appears（插入语）, commissioned（主句谓语） an idealized sculpture portrait（主句宾语）, the features of which are so unrealistic as to constitute what one scholar calls an "artificial face." （很明显，前面的已经是个完整句，这个部分就是对前面的宾于做个补充说明，说什么，就是说portrait的features. 这个里面还包含了一个what引导的宾语从句）

不知道这样的解释清楚了没有？

soaring

也就是说，整个句子的主干是这样的The Emperor Augustus（S） commissioned (V) an idealized sculpture portrait(O)。

后面的那一堆我不知道你们把它叫什么，我叫它宾补

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-4-24 23:21:30编辑过]

rakesun

多谢。清楚多了。我当时以为是逗号连接2个独立的句子呢。

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Mayanist

多谢soaring 分析！对句子结构和commission的用法清楚一些了：

commission: to formally ask someone to write an official report, produce a work of art for you etc （这里指国王让别人给他理想化的做像）

但是插入语 it appears中的 it 指代什么呢，让别人画像这件事还是画像本身？

lcy19812000

it appears,插入语，口水话，it指代整件事。

 The Emperor Augustus, it appears, commissioned an idealized sculpture portrait, the features of which are so unrealistic as to constitute what one scholar calls an "artificial face."
            

黄色部分不是宾补，而是定语从句，请看which。

Mayanist

非常感谢lcy19812000的清晰解释！