But I realized it had been more than two years since I had read most of those titles. I had sTOPped reading gradually, the way one heals or dies.
请问:the way one heals or dies表达的意思是,如何理解它与前面句子语义上的衔接。
谢谢老师!
1. the way oneheals or dies用于说明前面的副词gradually。一般情况下,一个(病)人的痊愈或死亡(突发事故除外)都是渐进式的。这里作者是把自己舍弃阅读与患者的痊愈和死亡在进行类比,一同点都是gradually。
2. 由于the way one heals or dies与gradually在语义上有互参性(coreferential),现代英语中通常把the way one heals or dies视为副词gradually的“(非限制性)同位语”,或者“说明性补充语”(也是同位语的一种形式)。
3. 类似的用例:
He knewthat Carrett had a wife and four daughters somewhere, in Worthing or Horsham orLewes.
上述句子的inWorthing or Horsham or Lewes就是副词somewhere的同位语,对somewhere作补充性说明。
以上供尤老师参考。