请教一道语法JJ 2(真题)

ohayo

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B     an illness or a physical condition so much as symptomatic of another problem that may be a simple one, like a reaction caused by certain medications

    

C     so much an illness or a physical condition but a symptom of another problem that may be as simple as when certain medications cause a reaction

    

D so much an illness or a physical condition, but it is a symptom of another problem, maybe a simple one like certain medications causing a reaction

    

E so much an illness or a physical condition but symptomatic of another problem, maybe simply a reaction to certain medications



参考答案 E


明白的能讲讲吗? 特别是SO MUCH, SO MUCH AS 的用法.

weiyu

本题关键在于an illness or a physical condition so much as a symptom中an illness和a symptom不是同类事物，无法比较多少。如果为not so much an illness or a physical condition as symptom of a problem应当是对的fficeffice" />

ETS关于so much和so much as(以下均来自GMAT/GRE/LSAT CR, RC):

ancient Greek descriptions of such societies were meant not so much to represent observed historical fact—real Amazonian societies—but rather to offer “moral lessons” on the supposed outcome of women’s rule in their own society

The surface temperature would be so much lower that the oceans might be a solid mass (solid mass: 实体) of ice. (表示程度)

Bearden’s true significance lies not so much in his own work as in his efforts to help other minority artists（比较）

this is not so much a weakness in her work as it is the inevitable result of scholars’ neglect of this period.（比较）

    It has also been proposed that just because we know so much about people intuitively（程度、多少）

this plant starts to grow rapidly in the lake, using up so much silica from the water that by late spring there is no longer enough to maintain its own growth. （多少）

jnlvo

好题，支持！谢谢weiyu总结！

ohayo

多谢,weiyu兄.


>本题关键在于an illness or a physical condition so much as a >symptom中an illness和a symptom不是同类事物，无法比较多少。如果为>not so much an illness or a physical condition as symptom of a problem应当>是对的


NOT SO MUCH AS 无法用.


可为什么not so much...........as 可以接不同类事物呢 ?


我认为so much as是甚至于的意思, 所以在这里句意不通.


    


请多指教

lotery

我以前以为
not ... but(rahter) ... 和 not so much ... as ... 不能混用
因为 not A but B 是否认A 取B
not so much A as B 是 B>A



BTW     (E)後面也有parallelism
reaction to, anxiety about , stress    before        

weiyu

杨鹏的难句：

If one begins by examining why ancients refer to Amazons , it becomes clear that ancient Greek descriptions of such societies were meant not so much to represent observed historical fact –real Amazonian societies – but rather to offer “moral lessons” on the supposed outcome of women’s rule in their own societyfficeffice" />


如果我们先研究一下为什么古人会提到亚马逊人，下面的一点就变得清晰了，那就是古希腊对于这种社会的庙睡不是太多的被用来表达观察的历史事实——真正的亚麻逊社会的——而是为了对于妇女在其社会中的统治的预期后果提供一种“道德教导”。


在这里：not so much...but rather..是：不是...而是...的意思。


下面两个例子来自(GRE/LSAT RC)


What Stilgoe calls “romantic-era distrust” was in fact the reaction of a minority of writers, artistes, and intellectuals who distrusted the railroad not so much for what it was as for what it signified.

(E) new technology does not so much preempt as enhance a traditional art form

所以not so much...as...是：不是...而是...; 或与其说...不如说...的意思。

    

tianwan

Most insomnia is not an illness or a physical condition so much as a symptom of another problem that may simply be a reaction to certain medications, anxiety about travel, or stress before a job interview.fficeffice" />

B.     an illness or a physical condition so much as symptomatic of another problem that may be a simple one, like a reaction caused by certain medications

C.     so much an illness or a physical condition but a symptom of another problem that may be as simple as when certain medications cause a reaction

D.     so much an illness or a physical condition, but it is a symptom of another problem, maybe a simple one like certain medications causing a reaction

E.     so much an illness or a physical condition but symptomatic of another problem, maybe simply a reaction to certain medications

ohayo：肯定形式so much… that引导结果状语（有的语法书认为so…that引导程度状语）。本题和此肯定形式无关，不用考虑。

本题考的应该是否定形式的so much: not so much…as/but, not…so much as/but, not so much as和not so much that… but/as (that), 还有限制和非限制修饰。

ohayo： not so much as是个副词（注意，4个单词连在以一起，没有别的成分在中间）=not even,和比较无关，本题没有使用这个用法.

１，not so much…as/but, not…so much as/but: 与其说是…不如说是。but和as可以互换，在这里是同义。

A是not…so much as, B 是 not so much… as, C是 not so much…but, E是not so much…but. 对于not so much的用法来说，都是对的，也没有比较的问题。

２，not so much that… but/as (that)意思：不是…而是。第一个that不可以省略，第二个可以。

D是 not so much …, but(that), 前后不平行，前面接短语，后面接分句。所以D排除。另外，D的like应该为such as, D的certain medications causing a reaction和后面的成分不平行。

３，只有E使用非限制性的修饰，句子意思可以理解，maybe后的成分作同位语补充说明problem。

A,B,C都是用限制性修饰，排除。另外，B的like应该为such as, C的as simple as when篡改了句子意思。

Weiyu: symptomatic在这一句话里形容词作表语.实际上用symptom和symtomatic作表语都是可以的。所以，如果A不用限制性修饰，就是对的。

weiyu

Weiyu: symptomatic在这一句话里形容词作表语.实际上用symptom和symtomatic作表语都是可以的。所以，如果A不用限制性修饰，就是对的。

Thanks Tianwan. 前面都懂了，可是能否讲讲这里为何限定性定语从句不对？

tianwan

先简化一下：fficeffice" />

A. a symptom of another problem that may be a reaction, anxiety, or stress.

That从句限制性修饰problem: 另一个可能是a reaction, anxiety, or stress的毛病。隐含的意思是这个毛病只能是a reaction, 这一种anxiety, or 这一种stress中的一个。

E. symptomatic of another problem, maybe a reaction , anxiety, or stress.

这里，problem可能是任何另一个毛病，可能是a reaction , anxiety, or stress中的一个，也可能是另外的某个毛病: 比如anxiety of something else, stress of something else或别的什么毛病等等。


A从语法上讲没有问题，但是从逻辑意思上分析不严谨。同时，用定语从句修饰，不如直接用名词修饰简洁。


个人观点，大家讨论，请指正。

weiyu

以下是引用tianwan在2004-3-15 19:50:00的发言：

先简化一下：fficeffice" />

A. a symptom of another problem that may be a reaction, anxiety, or stress.

That从句限制性修饰problem: 另一个可能是a reaction, anxiety, or stress的毛病。隐含的意思是这个毛病只能是a reaction, 这一种anxiety, or 这一种stress中的一个。

E. symptomatic of another problem, maybe a reaction , anxiety, or stress.

这里，problem可能是任何另一个毛病，可能是a reaction , anxiety, or stress中的一个，也可能是另外的某个毛病: 比如anxiety of something else, stress of something else或别的什么毛病等等。


A从语法上讲没有问题，但是从逻辑意思上分析不严谨。同时，用定语从句修饰，不如直接用名词修饰简洁。


个人观点，大家讨论，请指正。

Tianwan, a reaction to certain medications, anxiety about travel, or stress before a job interview都是指症状，　而不是之problem, 所以如果that指代problem逻辑意思不对．但是A of B that, that可指代A也可以指代B，但是优先指代B对吗？这里唯一的区别就是你所说的that...隐含了症状只能是以上三种