[E]OG-54，请指点！

excellent

54. Galileo was convinced that natural phenomena, as manifestations of the laws of physics, would appear the same to someone on the deck of a ship moving smoothly and uniformly through the water as a person standing on land.
A.water as a
B.water as to a
C.water; just as it would to a
D.water, as it would to the
E.water; just as to the

我有两个疑问。1.文中convinced是动词还是形容词？Galileo是使人信服还是被信服？2.as manifestations of the laws of physics为什么不是like manifestations of the laws of physics呢？

rabbitbug

convinced形容词， Galileo was convinced->伽利略确信...
as 在这里不是连接两个比较成分， 也就是说natural phenomena和manifestations不是比较的两个主体， 所以不能用like连接； as在这里相当于such as表列举（这是我自己的理解， 还请指正）。

ypatience

I think "as" here is a conjunction which connects two parts that are the same (structurally). A lot of the structures appear as phrases in GMAT, as in the above example.

Snazzy

1, 'convinced' here is an adj.
2, 'as' ---作为。。。
'like' 像。。。
they are different

snow_mountain

以下是引用Snazzy在2004-1-22 13:16:00的发言：
1, 'convinced' here is an adj.
2, 'as' ---作为。。。
'like' 像。。。
they are different

同意。偶也认为是 “作为”。

excellent

谢谢rabbitbug、ypatience、Snazzy 和bryony！我明白了！

Snazzy的解释是我茅塞顿开！