有一读者问: 有这样一个句子:
(1)I've read the business post and property post of today's South China Morning post, such as there are.
为什么这里要用such as there are?
从语义来讲,such as there are意为“虽然只有这一些”,其含义是“所可谈的不多”。从语法结构来讲,这是一个倒装的让步状语从句。such是一指示代词,在此用作there be结构中的主语,为了强调,所以置于从句之首。as是连词,意为“虽然”。这种倒装结构“代词或零冠词+名词+as...”,不乏其例,再举二三例即可:
(2)Child as he is , he knows what's the right thing to do.
(3)You may use my bike, such as it is . (such as it is =虽然它不怎么好)
