Form15-14

[oguz]

The tissues of the human body are constantly moistened by a briny solution thought to be of about the same salinity as the primordial sea from which life emerged.

(b)of as about the same salinity like the primordial sea out of which
(c)to be about the same salinity as the primordial sea from where
(d)of as about the same salinity as the primordial sea from where
(e)to be of about the same salinity like the primordial sea from which
答案是(a) 其實這一題看的不是很懂 另外劃線部份的of所扮演的角色為何呢?

[huihui300]

我的想法是這樣

a briny solution which is thought to be of the same salinity
使用 thought to be 的原因為沒有人真正知道primordial sea的含鹽量
否則直接用of就可以了

另外
soultion....of...salinity
溶液的含鹽量

[achiachia]

不好意思，請問～為什麼不能選C)呢？謝謝

[sweetymanman]

from where....好像不對吧！
用where的話前面就無須介係詞 from

[hibettychen]

研究了很久，還是不太瞭解此題的文法架構，有人可以說明一下嗎？

The tissues of the human body are constantly moistened by a briny solution thought to be of about the same salinity as the primododial sea from which life emerged.

特別是標示的那段，實在不懂是怎麼變化過來的！

我有找到的相關的類似例句是：
We thought him to be a wealthy man.
You mustn't think of me as being unhappy.

簡單來說，應該句型就是
think...to be / think of ...as.....

本題題目中，又有to be，又有of...，這到底是怎麼一回事呢？感謝解答!

[hwatai]

of+名詞=形容詞，當沒有適合的形容詞可以使用時，of+N作adj是常見的用法，而且是正式寫作用法，報紙上也常見到。

例：The show is of highly interest. = The show is very interesting.

所以(of about the same salinity)是一組形容詞片語，因為沒有一個形容詞可以表示”一樣的塩度”，所以用片語來表示

本題的架構簡單寫如下

Mary is of beauty as (is) Juan.

原句應該是：(如有問題請指正)
......by a briny solution (which is) thought to be of about the same salinity as (is) the primodial sea......

[hibettychen]

of+名詞=形容詞，當沒有適合的形容詞可以使用時，of+N作adj是常見的用法，而且是正式寫作用法，報紙上也常見到。

例：The show is of highly interest. = The show is very interesting.

所以(of about the same salinity)是一組形容詞片語，因為沒有一個形容詞可以表示”一樣的塩度”，所以用片語來表示

本題的架構簡單寫如下

Mary is of beauty as (is) Juan.

原句應該是：(如有問題請指正)
......by a briny solution (which is) thought to be of about the same salinity as (is) the primodial sea......

感謝你對of about the same salinity的解釋..~~
我自己看過解釋之後,還想到另外一個可能的解釋,供大家參考一下
....a briny solution (which is) thought to be + adj
adj = of about the same salinity as the primordial sea from...

也就是說本題的as是從"the same ...as"的用法而來,這樣理解應該也可以吧:)