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' k6 ~, W3 J# d; b) Q$ gThis responsiveness had nothing to do with that flabby impressionability which is dignified under the name of the "creative temperament"—it was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again.- C. S& c% G- `
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这后半句话的结构实际很好理解，就是定语从句，
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首先such as可以去掉而不改变句意，写作 ... it was an extradinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness I have never found in any other person...7 g* f, T, _% P$ J+ c
在此基础上可以加个which，... a romantic readiness which I have never found in any other person...
A! v0 I4 }/ e0 _ E) w但现在作者想加上一个such，这在语义上起到提升语气的作用，也可以呼应前半句的内容，相当于汉语思维中的 “如此的什么什么”，等同于在说 I have never found such a romantic readiness in any other person.# @ |) e; r! v
转述成定语从句的时候就成了 ... a romantic readiness SUCH WHICH I have never found* 5 ~+ Q1 E, H: E% p7 x% n* v; i9 r6 E
但这里的which前面只能是介词，比如 a house IN which I live, 不能是such which。
8 k0 L" C9 V) Y- s而这个写作思维仍然是正确的，但需要把which换作as，于是就有了原文的写法。/ ]6 O3 k; U, r8 n' m
P6 g# J$ {# m# s最后半句中的which也是定语从句，which是find的宾语，which的先行词是readiness。! }/ T9 b+ C f5 E g t
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至于你提出的改法，前半句是正确的，但作者是想把such放在readiness上，而不是gift上。" w) q. U% H5 Z
后半句在语法上成立，却不符合英语的表达习惯，像这种两个并列的定语从句，为了表述清晰，通常会在第二个分句加上引导词作为“路标”，告诉读者这是接在前面哪里的，
1 A' g7 y5 Y- Z' p1 C9 Y两个并列定语从句，往往前面的引导词可以省略，但后面的不能省，比如：
3 n6 P" ]; a& t6 pTrump began today's briefing nonchalantly as usual, saying he was taking Hydroxychloroquine to stave off covid-19, and that the Administration was contacting drug manufacturers of other countries in an attempt to mass produce this medicine for widespread use in America.4 B1 g; m! r$ w5 D+ r8 A: q
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% ?; a: O# E# L+ C' N, }0 z5 C最后，it作为形式主语放在句首的写法更符合英语思维。$ I6 d: u1 E0 u) J; s
比如 It is not likely that the United States could re-emerge from the mess of this covid-19 pandemic with the nation's psyche undistrubed.
]+ {3 T. O8 @而你是想把两个句子共用一个主语，很容易造成句子结构不清晰
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