OG12 58题：x is to y what a is to b语法解释？

kevin405hu

OG说idiomatic expression: x is to y what a is to b，请问what在这里做什么成分啊，能帮忙分析下语法结构么，谢谢！


58. A leading fi gure in the Scottish Enlightenment, Adam
Smith’s two major books are to democratic capitalism
what Marx’s Das Kapital is to socialism.
(A) Adam Smith’s two major books are to
democratic capitalism what
(B) Adam Smith’s two major books are to
democratic capitalism like
(C) Adam Smith’s two major books are to
democratic capitalism just as
(D) Adam Smith wrote two major books that are to
democratic capitalism similar to
(E) Adam Smith wrote two major books that are to
democratic capitalism what

EmilyYoung90

这是个比较，记住这个IDIOM就行了，意思就是说x对y的关系就跟a对b的关系一样。

chengyangzc

A is to B what C is to D，这里to B作状语修饰A is what C is to D，其中what C is to D是表语从句，在这个表语从句里结构与主句相同。

ptmjdz

谢谢解答