rivaling that of the sector’s top terran engineers

问题描述

Swann’s friends know him as a man who looks gruff and uneducated but also happens to be a brilliant mechanic with knowledge rivaling that of the sector’s top terran engineers…

史汪在朋友们的印象中就是个没受过什么教育的粗人，但却拥有不输人类星系中顶尖工程师的知识和技巧...

rivaling that of the sector’s top terran engineers…这句是rivaling做后置定语修饰knowledge吗？that of 又是在指代什么呢？

老师答疑

刘老师：

Swann’s friends know him as a man who looks gruff and uneducated but also happens to be a brilliant mechanic with knowledge rivaling that of the sector’s top terran engineers.

1. rival：及物动词，意为“比得上；与......相媲美；与......竞争”。

2. rivaling that of the sector’s top terran engineers：现在分词短语作定语，修饰knowledge。

3. that指代上文的knowledge。

a brilliant mechanic with knowledge rivaling that of the sector’s top terran engineers. 

等于：

a brilliant mechanic with knowledge which rivals the knowledge of the sector’s top terran engineers.