Question

下面这句英语要怎么分析？为什么它的had been与are now放在后面，这个句子的谓语是什么？

they are better educated than their mothers and grandmothers had been-or than their young male counterparts are now.怎么分析这个句子的成分呢？

Answer 1

1. they主语 are better educated谓语（被动语态）

2. than连词，引导后面的比较状语从句。

3. 在这个比较状语从句中：their mothers and grandmothers 主语had been谓语后面省略了educated.

4. -or 连词，和前后二个than从句构成并列句。

5. than their young male counterparts主语 are 谓语后面省略了educated, now是时间状语。

6. 全句可译为：

   她们比她们的母辈和祖母辈受到了更好的教育，并且相对于现在同龄的男性，她们所受的教育也是有过之而无不及。
   

Answer 2

因为这个是一个比较级状语从句，比较级从句又有or引导的一个并列句，had been后面省略了和主句相同的成分educated,or后面也省略了相同的成分。

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我还是搞不懂后面为什么会有had been，那假如有个句子she is beautiful than her sister要变成she is beautiful than her sister is?小白求教

Answer 3

主句是：They are better educated。比较状语从句：than their mothers and grandmothers had been - or than their young counterparts are now.

追答

主句中：主语 they , 谓语 are better educated

从句中：
主语 their mothers and their grandmothers
系动词谓语 had been
or 连词，连接下面一个比较状语从句
主语 their young male counterparts
系动词谓语 are

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那状语从句中的had been与are怎么来的，可以直接去掉吗，我觉得去掉后读起来好像也没毛病，求教

那状语从句中的had been与are怎么来的，可以直接去掉吗，我觉得去掉后读起来好像也没毛病，求教

那状语从句中的had been与are怎么来的，可以直接去掉吗，我觉得去掉后读起来好像也没毛病，求教