此处为什么用or呢？

chojja1984

ECCLESIASTES 1:8
The eye is not satisfied with seeing or the ear filled with hearing.

the sentence is quoted from NRSV bible.

why not used "of" instead of using "or" in this sentence?
why not use "is filled" instead of "fiilled" like the "is satisfied" in the foreside of the sentence?

thank you very much.
I'm a newbie.

annette

因为前面已经用到了is，ear的部分就可以顺用之前用的is 单单一个被动语态已经表明这是is filled的意思
在否定句中的并列用or instead of of

merci

You can understand the sentence in this way:
The eye is not satisfied with seeing or the ear (is not satisfied to be) filled with hearing.“眼看，看不饱；耳听，听不足。（启导本）”
You cannot say "...seeing of..."; besides, "of "as a proposition normally is followed by "verb+ing" or pronoun, noun or noun phrase. Grammatically and intuitively considered, "of" cannot be used here.

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