Evolutionary可以當名詞用嗎?

2016-10-15 4:43 am
Social stability depends on evolutionary rather than revolutionary political advance.
上句的evolutionary我查字典只有當形容詞用
可是我覺得evolutionary在這句裡不像是形容詞耶
想請問大家的意見 感謝!

回答 (4)

2016-10-15 5:00 am
✔ 最佳答案
Sedge is similar in appearance to grass but has a solid rather than a hollow stem.
rather than(片語介系詞)將兩個形容詞形成對照:solid vs hollow
例句出自p.1271 Collins Cobuild English Dictionary for Advanced Learners
對照關係:
Sedge has a solid stem.
Grass has a hollow stem.

你問的句子裡是: evolutionary vs revolutionary political
也是兩組形容詞在對照(都是名詞advance的修飾語)
Social stability depends on advance.是基本結構

各字典裡確實查不到evolutionary可以當名詞的用法。
evolution才是名詞。
2016-10-15 12:13 pm
Depends on evolutionary rather than revolutionary political advance
= depends on evolutionary political advance rather than revolutionary political advance
2016-10-15 9:36 am
no
2016-10-15 3:20 pm
要這樣看:
Social stability depends on [evolutionary (political advance)] rather than [revolutionary political advance].
括弧內因為與後面重複, 故省略以求簡潔.


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