请问means of 和means to的用法在曼哈顿看到这么一个说法:
RIGHT:music education is A MEANS TO improved cognition
WRONG:music education is A MEANS OF improved cognition
WRONG:music education is A means for improved cognition
1. A is a means of B 是说——A是B的一种类型,通常A是达到B的一种手段和方法。所以有个固定词组是by means of,表示以某种方法……,后面一般用动名词形式
举个例子:Dining at home is a means of saving money. (省钱的方法里包括了在家吃饭)
2. A is a means to B 是说——A是达成B这个目标的途径,和句1的区别在于,A和B是不同类型的,两者没什么必然联系。
Music education is a means to improved cognition.(认知的提高可以通过音乐教育来实现,其实认知提高和音乐教育直接特别必然的联系)