There is a tendency to think of occupational stress as applying mainly to the busy executive, but such people often experience less stress than those in the ranks immediately below them.
老师,as后面为何跟doing(applying)?
曹老师:
think of A as B这个结构中,A是宾语,B是宾语补足语。现在分词短语作宾补。不是动名词。
类似的结构还有
see A as B
regard A as B
consider A as B
refer to A as B
与刘老师商榷:
think of A as B. 这一类的句型,一般认为A是宾语,B是宾语补足语,因为A与B之间存在逻辑上的主谓关系。这是简略的或粗略的分析法。严格意义上讲,as引导的是一个方式状语从句,该从句常常省略成分,省略到只剩下一个名词或形容词,貌似介词。但也可以不省略,这时我们就看到as后接一个从句了。
as不可以看作是介词,否则怎么解释后接形容词?
as后面的V-ing不可能是动名词,只能是现在分词。因为,动名词起名词的作用,相当于名词。名词用在as后,逻辑上有A=B的关系。如He treats me as a guest. me=guest.
但V-ing位于as后面时,与A是主谓关系,而不是A=B的关系。这足以证明V-ing是现在分词而不是动名词,也同时证明as不是介词,而是引导方式状语从句的关联词(关系代词或关系副词)。
刘老师:
There is a tendency to think of occupational stress as applying mainly to the busy executive, but such people often experience less stress than those in the ranks immediately below them.
老师,as后面为何跟doing(applying)?
【答】我跟曹老师的看法略有不同。这里,as 应该是介词,后面跟的applying 是动名词。
英语中,这样的表达或结构跟多,比较典型的是regard...as...。在regard sb. as ...结构中,as 用作介词,意为“当作;作为;是”。一般语法书都把as 介词短语看作宾语补足语。as 后除了接名词代词外,还可接形容词和动名词,有的还可以接as 从句。
最常见的这类表达是“观点类”用法。该类动词表示“认为,认可,承认,确认,当作,看作,视为,理解为”等含义。记住这些固定表达,对学好英语更重要。为了理解方便,我们用him 作宾语,列举如下:
1. regard him as
2. consider him as
3. identify him as
4. view him as
5. recognize him as
6. confirm him as
7. think of him as
8. look on him as
9. esteem him as
10. reckon him as
11. acknowledge him as
12. know him as
13. conceive of him as
14. see him as
15. treat him as
16. count him as
17. value him as
18. accept him as
19. take him as
20, label him as
21. perceive him as
22. fancy him as
23. imagine him as
24. understand him as
25. treat him as
除了把as 介词短语看作宾语补足语外,还有一种观点,就是把as 介词短语看作方式状语。例如:
I treat him as a guest of mine. 我把他当作客人。
这句话实际上是说:“我以客人的方式对待他”。那么,as短语的作用就是“以何种方式看待某人,对待某人等”,就是说,as 短语是针对谓语动词treat 而言的,并非针对宾语而言,所以看作方式状语比宾补更好。这里的as 意为“以...身份,作为...方式”。