they had a definite meaning,for they were as near as early man could get to writing这句话里面的 writing为什么是ing形式,get to writing?还有as near as 应该怎么翻译呢 as.as的用法怎么用
问题描述：
they had a definite meaning,for they were as near as early man could get to writing
这句话里面的 writing为什么是ing形式,get to writing?
还有as near as 应该怎么翻译呢 as.as的用法怎么用
答
get to writting 开始尝试书写
as...as 像什么一样
as near as early man像古人一样
答
整句话的意思：它们有着一定的含义,因为它们已接近古代人的文字形式。
writing在这里是名词；
as ...as 像 ... 一样，如同
例句
The streets were as noisy as ever.
街上和往常一样喧闹。
This lake is three times as big as that.
这个湖的大小是那个湖的3倍。
所以这里的as near as 意思是它们已经像古代人的文字形式一样接近了
答
因为这里的get to 是到达的意思 get to writing指的是 到达书写as near as 跟...一样近as...as 中间用形容词或副词的原级as near as early man could get to writing是指跟早期的人类到达书写（这种程度）一样近百度...