A is to B what C is to D 是什么句型
what引导的比较状语从句。
“A is to B what C is to D”中,A.B均为本体,C.D均为喻体,“what”作为连词使用,意思是“恰如、好像、相当于”, what前后为物与物的比较,如果空格前后为数与数的比较,则要用as连接,本句翻译为“A对于B就像C对于D一样”。
例句:Air is to human what water is to fish.
翻译:空气之于人类犹如水之于鱼。
扩展资料
状语从句包括时间状语从句、地点状语从句、原因状语从句、条件状语从句、目的状语从句、让步状语从句、比较状语从句、方式状语从句、结果状语从句。
方式状语从句通常由as, (just) as…so…, as if, as though引导。
1)as, (just) as…so…引导的方式状语从句通常位于主句后,但在(just) as…so…结构中位于句首,这时as从句带有比喻的含义,意思是"正如…","就像",多用于正式文体。
2)as if, as though
两者的意义和用法相同,引出的状语从句谓语多用虚拟语气,表示与事实相反,有时也用陈述语气,表示所说情况是事实或实现的可能性较大。
说明:as if / as though也可以引导一个分词短语、不定式短语或无动词短语。
参考资料:百度百科-状语从句
air is to man like what water is to fish;
air is to man what water is to fish【不太正规】.
1、Water is to fish what air is to man(水对鱼的关系就象空气对人的关系一样。)
2、Ten is to five what eight is to four.(10比5等于8比4)
A is to B what C is to D的结构实际上是A is what C is to D (to B),或者是To B,A is what C is to D. 可以理解为对于B来说,A就像C对于D一样。
what 引导表语从句,to B是句子的状语;
A is to B what C is to D是固定用法,但是实际生活中也有A is to B as C is to D的用法。
A is to B as C is to D中,to B是表语,as C is to D是状语从句。