manhattan中的一个句子 so as to 求解

wangjieava23

Joe bought a gym membership so as to become more attractive to women.
many state governments have imposed significant taxes on their citizens so as to raise funds in advance of the next
calamity.
King Henry VIII sought to have his marriage to Queen Catherine annulled so as to marry Anne Boleyn.

下面两句话，我理解成关系太近吧。

半阙

Joe bought a gym membership so as to become more attractive to women.
many state governments have imposed significant taxes on their citizens so as to raise funds in advance of the next
calamity.
King Henry VIII sought to have his marriage to Queen Catherine annulled so as to marry Anne Boleyn.

下面两句话，我理解成关系太近吧。

-- by 会员 wangjieava23 (2012/5/6 22:20:58)

我觉得真的完全不用想这么多，因为关系近不近有时是很模糊的。
你记住这一条规则，基本上都适用的（在那个句子没其它绝对错误的情况下）：in general, you don't use so ADJ as to VERB unless the VERB describes some sort of state/condition. i.e., if the verb is an action verb, this construction generally isn't used.

而Joe bought a gym membership so as to become more attractive to women. 这里之所以用so as to ，是因为become它并不是一个action verb，而是 linking verb，就像 be、feel、get、turn。。。。更倾向于一种状态。。。。

wangjieava23

不是 so as to 和so... as to 不一样吗？今天网络问题，我不能看国外网站。明天再看这个问题吧。

先谢谢呀。

半阙

不是 so as to 和so... as to 不一样吗？今天网络问题，我不能看国外网站。明天再看这个问题吧。

先谢谢呀。

-- by 会员 wangjieava23 (2012/5/6 22:44:07)

我错了~~ 刚刚查到
so as to= in order to
so ... as to  如此... 以致

我以前还一直以为so as to 后面只有跟情态动词才表目的呢~~ （）

但是so that 的确是只有在后面是情态动词时才表目的。

谢谢你指出来呀~~

wangjieava23

prep291. Factory outlet stores, operated by manufacturers, are usually located miles from downtown and regional shopping centers so as not directly to be competitive against department stores in the same trading area.
(A) so as not directly to be competitive against
(B) in order for them not to have direct competition with
(C) so that they do not compete directly with
(D) in order that they are not directly competitive against
(E) for the purpose of not competing directly with

答案：C

OG 39. In 1527 King Henry VIII sought to have his marriage to Queen Catherine annulled so as to marry Anne Boleyn.
(A) so as to marry
(B) and so could be married to
(C) to be married to
(D) so that he could marry
(E) in order that he would marry

答案：C

Congress is debating a bill requiring certain employers to provide workers with unpaid leave so as to care for sick or newborn children. => INCORRECT
Congress is debating a bill requiring certain employers to provide workers with unpaid leave so that they can care for sick or newborn children. => CORRECT

我总结来，总结去，觉得和 so as to比较， so that有两个好处：1.明确主语；2.配合情态动词能够更准确表达自己意思。

scarlett006

哇。。这个解释真的太赞了。。ANNULLED的题目也搞了很久今天终于彻底清楚了

rabbiteido

受益匪浅！