(act as/act like) OG56/90

syxphoebe

56.   In a plan to stop the erosion of East Coast beaches, the Army Corps of Engineers proposed building parallel to shore a breakwater of rocks that would rise six feet above the waterline and act as a buffer, so that it absorbs the energy of crashing waves and protecting the beaches.

(A) act as a buffer, so that it absorbs

(B) act like a buffer so as to absorb

(C) act as a buffer, absorbing

(D) acting as a buffer, absorbing

(E) acting like a buffer, absorb---------A

OG解释“Act is followed by like to mean to behave or comport oneself describes the action of a person: He acted like a fool. Here, act as describes the function of a thing;
                        the breakwater ... acts as a buffer. As an inanimate object, a breakwater cannot “behave” itself; it must be performing some function.”

可是在OG90题中未划线部分却使用了act like。可能有些钻牛角尖了。不过还是想问问。最近做语法很无语呵。谢谢

90.   The peaks of a mountain range, acting like rocks in a streambed, produce ripples in the air flowing over them; the resulting flow pattern, with crests and troughs that remain stationary although the air that forms them is moving rapidly, are known as “standing waves.”

miffyhui

这一点在曼哈顿语法里有讲，属于suspect的，用act like比不上act as；在表function的时候尽量用act as ，在表比喻的时候用act like

enrique1313

意思不一样~

AS表示，作为！like 表示像。。。。

syxphoebe

谢谢ls。这点明了了。

不过看了OG的解释挺晕的。

the peaks 同样是“inanimate object” 所以不能“behave”oneself啊？ 还是说这句英文解释的中文我理解有误呢？

继续弱问下。谢谢。

syxphoebe

弱顶下~

syxphoebe

顶下~

zyq19911205

顶~同问~