和上一道题同样存在比较的SAT语法问题

Question

Because the America Indian rodeo includes games and exhibitions developed as early as the seventeenth century, they predate by a few hundred years the form of rodeo now seen on TV.

这道题的答案是they,因为前面没有指代的复数名词
但是我特别好奇as early as的用法 因为很明显比较的主干是games and exhibitions, developed 也是修饰这两个名词的， 但是怎么能和十七世纪平行呢 难道不需要加those of么
谢谢

Answer 1

你的意思是 比较对象 要一致 有可比性
本句的early是副词 修饰的是developed 意思是 早在十七世纪就developed的
并没有比较的含义

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对 原来的SAT语法老师说比较对象要有可比性 所以觉得应该是games 和exhibitions与十七世纪的games 和exhibitions一起比较 但是显然they的缺陷更大

追答

这里的as early as the seventeenth century没有比较的含义 是一种强调的说法

as the seventeenth century修饰as early
如he got up as early as 4o'clock

类似的用法有as far as /as long as

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判断比较有什么方法么 我怎么能知道这是在比较还是强调

追答

掌握as。。。as的全部用法 你的问题就解决了。

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求as用法的资料

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与本题用法有关的一些例句
as long as"长达......之久"。如：She has searched the information about dinosaurs on the Internet as long as three hours. 她在因特网上搜索有关恐龙的信息已经长达三个小时。
. as much as
意思是"高达......；与......一样多"。是用来表达极其多的语气。如：Some of the stones weigh as much as fifteen tons.有些石头重达15吨。
as far as
He walked as far as the railway station yesterday evening.昨天傍晚，他一直散步到火车站。

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再请教一下 后半句应该怎么译 后半句they predate by 应该怎么改 谢谢

追答

去掉because把they改为which 代替games and exhibitions引导非限制性定语从句修饰games and exhibitions
the America Indian rodeo includes games and exhibitions developed as early as the seventeenth century, which predate by a few hundred years the form of rodeo now seen on TV.
美国印第安人竞技包括早在十七世纪就形成的竞技比赛及表演，这些竞技比赛及表演比现在在电视上看到的形式早了几百年。

去掉because 在they前面加and也可以

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