OG18 746 A is to B what X is to Y 结构 求解！

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OG 746
A leading figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, Adam Smith’s two major books are to democratic capitalism what Marx’s Das Kapital is to socialism.
(A) Adam Smith’s two major books are to democratic capitalism what
(B) Adam Smith’s two major books are to democratic capitalism like
(C) Adam Smith’s two major books are to democratic capitalism just as
(D) Adam Smith wrote two major books that are to democratic capitalism similar to
(E) Adam Smith wrote two major books that are to democratic capitalism what

E是正确答案
A is to B what X is to Y 结构对应E，A应该是Adam Smith wrote two major books that，为什么可以这样用呢。。？A是什么成分。。不像是句子。。。也不是名词。。。

spicytaco

That定语从句啊

two major books  are to democratic capitalism what Marx’s Das Kapital is to socialism.

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spicytaco 发表于 2018-11-8 10:13
That定语从句啊

two major books  are to democratic capitalism what Marx’s Das Kapital is to social ...

Adam Smith wrote two major books that are to democratic capitalism (what Marx’s Das Kapital is to socialism).
wrote是谓语呀。。Adam Smith wrote two major books不是一个完整的句子吗。。that are to democratic capitalism如果是定语的话，AS匹配A吗，那句子的谓语wrote不匹配结构中的be动词呀，而且也没有结构中需要的to。。。。。。求解答

蟹黄味蚕豆

查查的假发 发表于 2018-11-8 23:21
Adam Smith wrote two major books that are to democratic capitalism (what Marx’s Das Kapital is to ...

没太看懂你困惑的点在哪里，看了好几遍没有发现A选项中有as的出现。
a leading figure这个是做同位语的，修饰的是人，对这个人的身份、状态进行补充说明。
后面你说的wrote是谓语没错，后面that是一个定语从句，定语从句并不会影响句子的主谓结构呀，wrote也不需要去跟be动词去匹配，因为修饰的是books，跟谓语动词wrote没什么关系

几许VV

LZ是不是没理解这个习语

A is to B what C is to D
A对于B来说就像C对于D一样

two major books that 【are to democratic capitalism what Marx’s Das Kapital is to socialism】
两本主要的著作对于民主资本主义来说就像马克思的资本论对于社会主义一样

that后面的是个定语从句，定的是books，所以把‘are’放到了that后面
就像 this table is new = the table that is new 一样

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蟹黄味蚕豆 发表于 2018-11-9 10:52
没太看懂你困惑的点在哪里，看了好几遍没有发现A选项中有as的出现。
a leading figure这个是做同位语的， ...

哦哦哦我没反应过来这个结构是包括在定语从句里的！想当然地认为这个结构应该是整句的主谓宾。。。谢谢~~~

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几许VV 发表于 2018-11-9 11:34
LZ是不是没理解这个习语

A is to B what C is to D

对！我以为这个结构是整句话的主谓宾了。。。谢谢~~~