Thomas Eakins' powerful style and his choices of subject—the advances in modern surgery, the discipline of sport, the strains of individuals in tension with society or even with themselves—was as disturbing to his own time as it is compelling for ours.
was as disturbing to his own time as it is
were as disturbing to his own time as they are
has been as disturbing in his own time as they are
had been as disturbing in his own time as it was
have been as disturbing in his own time as
这里是两个时间段的比较,所以 disturbing 和compelling的时态不应该是一样的
i can run faster than my father.
--> this implies that i can run faster than my father can run right now.
i can run faster than my father [i]could (when he was young).[/i]
--> this is how we compare two things that happened in different timeframes.
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