OG 88

心晴

88. The Emperor Augustus, it appears, commissioned an idealized sculpture portrait, the features of which are so unrealistic as to constitute what one scholar calls an "artificial face."

(A)              so unrealistic as to constitute

(B)              so unrealistic they constituted

(C)             so unrealistic that they have constituted

(D)             unrealistic enough so that they constitute

(E)              unrealistic enough so as to constitute

The verbs are and calls indicate that the sculpture is being viewed and judged in the present. Thus, neither the past tense verb constituted (in B) nor the present perfect verb have constituted (in C) is correct both suggest that the statue's features once constituted an artificial face but no longer do so. Also, B would be better if that were inserted after so unrealistic, although the omission of that is not ungrammatical. Choices D and E use unidiomatic construc­tions with enough: unrealistic enough to constitute would be idiomatic, but the use of enough is imprecise and awkward in this context(用词的准确性). Choice A, which uses the clear, concise, and idiomatic construction so unrealistic as to constitute, is best.

请教so as to和so that的用法区别，怎么有时候用这个，有时候用那个啊？

vincent0330

这个石林语法有提到, 你可以看看......

活在当下

是这一条吗：

SO AS TO 前后逻辑主语要求一致，只能用于简单系表或者单一动词结构，不能用于复杂结构；

SO THAT 可用于复杂结构，相较之下比较罗嗦

likui

以下是引用活在当下在2004-10-2 9:32:00的发言：

是这一条吗：

SO AS TO 前后逻辑主语要求一致，只能用于简单系表或者单一动词结构，不能用于复杂结构；

SO THAT 可用于复杂结构，相较之下比较罗嗦

强烈支持！

hougang

这里想请问一下constitute的主语是什么，难道是the features，不可能啊，请nn指教！！

谢谢

micht

88. The Emperor Augustus, it appears, commissioned an idealized sculpture portrait, the features of which are so unrealistic as to constitute what one scholar calls an "artificial face."

我覺得 constitute的主語是 the feature of which = the features of sculpture portrait.

agk99

以下是引用hougang在2004-12-26 22:23:00的发言：

这里想请问一下constitute的主语是什么，难道是the features，不可能啊，请nn指教！！

谢谢

沒有錯呀，就是指the feature of the sculpture

KATIEUS

Mayanist

以下是引用活在当下在2004-10-2 9:32:00的发言：

是这一条吗：

SO AS TO 前后逻辑主语要求一致，只能用于简单系表或者单一动词结构，不能用于复杂结构；

SO THAT 可用于复杂结构，相较之下比较罗嗦
                

非常好！比较下面这些Longman中的例子就可以理解上面的规律了：

He was so weak that he could hardly stand up.  

There was so much smoke that they couldn't see across the hallway.  

Everything happened so quickly I hadn't time to think. (这个句子省略了 that，是可以的) 因为everything 不能是 hadn't time to think 的逻辑主语，这一句不能用 so as to

so ... as to be e.g. so unrealistic as to constitute (in Q88)

The particles are so small as to be almost invisible.  （be invisible 的主语是 the particles) 可以重写为 The particles are so small that they are almost invisible.

wentaow2008

  顶！