lynn
what does this sentence mean? Some of his other observations will seem facile, especially to female readers—the notion that clothes do more than passively shroud and protect a person’s body but become part of their psychology comes as no revelation. I don't understand "comes as no revelation". it seems that there are two verbs here: become and comes.
6 Mar 2015 07:36
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to "reveal something" is to make it visible or make it known. For something to "come as a revelation", it must have been previously hidden or unknown. To say that "something comes as no revelation" means that it was already well-known. And so the assertion that "the notion that clothes do more than passively shroud and protect a person’s body but become part of their psychology comes as no revelation" says that no one would find the notion novel or particularly deep. Instead, as the author says, it is a "facile observation".
6 Mart 2015
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"Comes as" just mean "is" here. Literally, "comes" could be interpreted here as "is received."
6 Mart 2015
A revelation is like a secret or surprise. Sometimes people say, "it comes as no surprise". It means that they weren't shocked or surprised by what was said or what they saw. They expected it.
6 Mart 2015
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