杨鹏难句－11

welkin

11. Such variations in size， shape，chemistry， conduction speed， excitation threshold，and the like as had been demonstrated in nerve cells remained negligible in significance for any　　possible correlation with the manifold dimensions of mental experience.（5）

难免类型：复杂修饰

译文：类似于这些已经被在神经细胞中证明的在大小、形状、化学过程、产生的速度、兴奋阈值及其类似的方面上所发生变化，当他们被用来与大脑的体验以可能的方式联系起来的时候，他们在重要性上仍然是微不足道的。

解释：即使是初练难免的人其实也很熟悉such thing as something这样的语言方式，可是当中间的小东西thing居然变成了一个长达十二个单词的大东西的时候，实在令人搞不清后面的as及其后的something 到底为哪方神圣。再加上以such as 为中心的长主语距离系动词remain太远，更增加了本句的难度。请读者反复阅读，直到读出这样的感觉：顺序阅读原文时，原文似乎就是几大块，就好像是such things as a remain negligible in a certain sense.

意群训练：Such variations    in size, shape, chemistry, conduction speed, excitation threshold, and the like   as had been    deomnstrated in nerve cells    remained negligible in significance   for any possible correlation with the manifold dimensions   of mental experience.

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文章中间as had been demonstrated in nerve cells 表达的是什么意思啊，such...as...有这种用法吗？是不是有什么东西省略了？

文中的for...表达是什么意思啊？修饰的对象是什么词呢？

而今迈步从头越

for表示对。。。而言，用作介词。The course is hard for me.

such...as有这种用法的，翻一翻OG的SC，有这样的结构。

welkin

感谢而今迈步从头越MM，但我印象中such...as...一般都是举例用的，as后面一般都是接的名词或分词的，这里用such...as had been demonstrated in nerve cells remained ？ 在几次复习都没有在OG里面发现有这样的结构啊? 请大家谁有发现的，给我指点指点啊...

as后面是不是省略了什么，是不是和OG132 E选项里as的用法类似呢

132. According to a study by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, companies in the United States are providing job training and general education for nearly eight million people, about equivalent to the enrollment of the nation’s four-year colleges and universities.

(A) equivalent to the enrollment of

(B) the equivalent of those enrolled in

(C) equal to those who are enrolled in

(D) as many as the enrollment of（E）

(E) as many as are enrolled in

The phrases equivalent to in A, the equivalent of in B, and equal to in C have too broad a range of meanings to be used precisely here: that is, they can suggest more than merely numerical equality. Also, as quantitative expressions, equivalent and equal often modify nouns referring to uncountable things, as in “an equivalent amount of resistance” or “a volume of water equal to Lake Michigan.” To establish numerical comparability between groups with countable members, the phrase as many as is preferable. Choice D, however, uses this phrase improperly in comparing eight million people to enrollment, not to other people. The comparison in E, the best choice, is logical because people is understood as the subject of are enrolled.

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-7-6 23:13:46编辑过]

ring_cheng

按XDF的说法，这里as作准关系代词使用：

Such variations in size， shape，chemistry， conduction speed， excitation threshold，and the like as had been demonstrated in nerve cells remained

=Such variations...and the like as (those variations that) had been demonstrated in nerve cells remained

welkin

恩，看来也只能是这么理解了，好像其他的省略方式都说的不是太通，感谢ring啊。。我老是麻烦你

美容堂

谢谢,解决了一个难题

kodakharry

其实没有那么复杂吧，我认为，such as 在中间没有任何东西时候作为例如讲，如i like sport such as swiming,basketball...., 而分开的时候（such....as...)一般来说是such什么东西as怎么样了（修饰前者的行为或状态的）