they had a definite meaning,for they were as near as early man could get to writing
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
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...