Question

the experiment was as much of a success as we had

the experiment was as much of a success as we hadanticipated
为什么不能说a success more than或者a success as much as?

Answer 1

1、morethan是一个介词短语，后面需要接名词/代词作为宾语（构成介宾结构），这就说明more than 后面的词要和the experiment表达的含义类似，而显然we had anticipated是一个句子，不是名词/代词，所以这个a success more than不适合此题。（在more than后面加the one指代a success，we had anticipated 是一个省略引导词（that）的定语从句（因为引导词在从句中做宾语，所以可以省略），修饰the one.
2、more a success than可以理解为It was more X than Y句型，此时X和Y属于并列结构，表示“与其说是Y，不如说是X”，用在这里不合适。（X,Y词性/含义要接近！！！）
例句：It was more a luck than a fate.与其说是命运，不如说是运气。
3、把a success as much as还原为非比较结构（去掉比较结构）：“It was a success much.”，显然不合语法，可以排除。
4、此句要表达的意思是“这个实验和我们预期的一样成功。”。
此题考查的是一个as…as比较结构，即“as much of + n + as … = as much +adj + as …”正如…一样。
（与这种表达相类似的结构还有“as little of a+可数名词单数+as…”，“more/less of a+可数名词单数+than…”。）
It was as much of a success as we had anticipated. = It was as successful as we had anticipated.它和我们预期的一样成功。

Answer 2

as much of a success as ... 等于 as successful as ...，意思是 “与 ... 一样成功”，more successful than ... 意思是 “比 ... 更加成功”。
只用 much 或 more 体现补充 “成功” 的意思。

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后面两个具体错在哪里？

Answer 3

没有你的这种说法。

Answer 4

意思不一样的

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具体分别是什么意思呢？后面两个