[問題]OG265

[辣手摧花]

Thomas Eakins' powerful style and his choices of subject - the advances in modern surgery, the discipline of sport, the strains of individuals in tension with society or even with themselves - was as disturbing to his own time as it is compelling for ours.

(B) were as disturbing to his own time as they are
(E) have been as disturbing in his own time as

正確答案是(B),可是解答說 (E)使用現在完成式不對? 為什麼? 請善心人幫忙說明,謝謝~

[ivygirl]

og的解釋：
In E,...., the use of the present perfect rence(have been) is appropriate for characterzing the effect of Eakins' work in his own time.

BF的部分，指的就是說
在Thomas Eakins 他自己的時代，應該用過去式
如果用現在完成式，變成TE的style和choices一直disturb(到現在..)

[lichard]

265. Thomas Eakins’ powerful style and his choices of subject—the advances in modern surgery, the discipline of sport, the strains of individuals in tension with society or even with themselves—was as disturbing to his own time as it is compelling for ours.

(A) was as disturbing to his own time as it is

(B) were as disturbing to his own time as they are

(C) has been as disturbing in his own time as they are

(D) had been as disturbing in his own time as it was（B）

(E) have been as disturbing in his own time as

一個 問題
1.想請問一下這題用詞類結構來看的 話是算是那兩樣東西比較呢?

類似庖丁解牛裡面所分析的
Sand road costs twice as many to build as to manintain(類似於介賓比較）
Sand road costs twice as many to build as stone road do(主語比較,）
Sand road costs the govement twice as many to build as the residents.(賓語比較）
我找不出來這題是屬於上面哪一種??

[dibert8]

Sand road costs the govement twice as many to build as (it costs) the residents.(賓語比較）
...style and ...choices of subject ... were as disturbing to his own time as they are compelling for ours.
變化句型.因為比較的觀點從 disturbing 轉成 compelling 沒有辦法套所舉的公式.必需另起一句,整句寫出來.這也是一種常考的句型(同物比擬).

[lichard]

再問呆伯特大
就你所說此句型為(同物比擬)的 形式,那...style and ...choices of subject ... were as disturbing to his own time as they are compelling for ours.
想請問they are是一定要補上的 嗎? ?還是像在CD上有人所說因為時態的 不一樣(前為were後為are)所以若省略再還原會造成時態的 錯誤而因此必須寫出來?

[dibert8]

覺得是這樣.時態不同,不能省略.