I shall act by her as tenderly as if I was her own mother.
请问这个句子是什么句型? 是 as...as...结构吗? 那它后面的是 if 从句怎么样理解?
这里的 as if 是固定搭配吗? 那前面的那个 as 岂不是不完整了?
请专家帮助解决,谢谢你!
I shall act by her as tenderly as if I was her own mother.
as if引导的从句本身就是一个比较分句，只是比较分句本身是个带有条件从句的主从复合句，而且主句又省略了。譬如这个句子中的as if I was her own mother假如补全的话，应该是as I would do if I was her own mother.
同样的道理，在He walked as if he were drunk. = He walked as he would if he were drunk.
as引导的方法状语从句本身就是比较分句的一个亚类。比较分句可以单独用，也可以和程度副词as呼应用。
网友提问中的句子中，as if引导的是比较分句，与前面的as构成as...as比较结构。只是as比较分句中又套了一个if条件句而已。全句等于：
I shall act by her as tenderly as Iwould if I was her own mother.
在乎义上，该句等于：I shall act by her as tenderly as her own mother should do.
因此在翻译的时候可以灵活处置。
我会像她亲生妈妈那样温顺待她。
