求教T-9-Q13. 987-184

Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone.

A.              on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone

B.               on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone

C.              solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided

D.              while the duplication of facilities should be avoided

E.               if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided

 答案是E, 我选了C，这个答案也太奇怪了吧

if only because是一个习惯用语 表示for no better reason than that

I clean the kitchen floor  because it's dirty. = I do the cleaning for this reason: The floor is dirty at that time.

I clean the kitchen floor
        only
        because it's dirty. = I do the cleaning for this reason, and only this reason; I don't do it for any other reason.

I clean the kitchen floor if
        only
        because I've gotten into the habit. = I do the cleaning for no really good reason. I do not do the cleaning because the floor is necessarily dirty, for example. Maybe IF I do the cleaning, the real reason is ONLY/simply/just BECAUSE I'm in the habit of doing so, whether the floor is dirty or not.

顶！！！

解释的好！

感谢