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

题目

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

答案

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...