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Parallel structure 平行结构

Definition

Parallel structure – that is, the expression of matching ideas in matching form – is one of the most basic and valuable stylistic devices in English. [连接词的两边以同样的文法形式存在]

Example

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Where there’s a will there’s a way.

To be, or not to be: that is the question.

To have and hold from this day forward, for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death us do part.

government of the people, by the people, and for the people民有、民治、民享的政府

In most cases, it will suffice to concentrate on those areas in which parallelism is virtually mandatory and on those potential missteps that have proved most hazardous to Chinese.

The constructions we shall consider are those in which:

1. Sentence elements are linked by one of the coordinating conjunctions (“and”, “or”, etc.)[ 并列连词连接的句子成分]

2. Elements are linked by one of the so-called correlative conjunctions (“both … and,” “not only … but also,” etc.) [关联连词连接的句子成分]

3. Items appear in the form of a list or a series of headings (e.g., subtitles in a report)[以列表或连串标题形式出现的项目]

4. Elements are linked in comparisons.[比较连接的句子成分]

取自The Translator’s Guide to Chinglish, by Joan Pinkham with the collaboration of Jiang Guihua；如有侵权，联系删除

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