吕叔湘先生在《英汉对比研究论文集》的题词中说：“指明事物的异同所在不难，追究它们何以有此不同就不那么容易了。而这恰恰是对比研究的最终目的。”①这是对1977年5月5日发表的《通过对比研究语法》这一著名讲演的重要补充。题词高屋建瓴地指出，对比研究的最终目的在于探 In his inscription, “A Comparative Study of English-Chinese Studies,” Lv Shuxiang said: “It is not difficult to pinpoint the similarities and differences between things, but it is not easy to see why they are different, and this is precisely the ultimate goal of comparative studies.” ① This is An important addition to the famous lecture “Grammar by Contrastive Studies” published on May 5, 1977. The inscription Hsogatory pointed out that the ultimate goal of comparative research is to explore