prep1-125 意思不懂

125.      (31137-!-item-!-188;#058&004397)

The computer company registered a $16 million net loss for the year, largely because it
            was profitable only overseas, where much of their profits were used for paying higher taxes, while continuing to lose money in North America.

(A) where much of their profits were used for
            paying higher taxes, while continuing

(B) where much of their profits went to pay higher taxes, as they continued

(C) where much of its profit went to pay higher taxes, while it continued

答案是C，我想问一下，这句话的意思是什么啊？while从句是在where从句里边呢？还是跟那句话转折呢？

就是像这种由when, where, while引导的修饰语有个“就近前置对象”修饰原则，具体前置多远，由语法和逻辑来判断，这就是那个"logical predication"。

因此这句话里两个分句where...和while...，必须按照现在这个顺序摆放。如果你把两个分句位置调换，你发现那个时候会出现...North America, where ...。这样一来整个逻辑就倒过来了，因为where在这里必须修饰North America,而它应该去修饰overseas.

句子意思是这个计算机公司一年亏了16m,这主要是因为它只有海外业务在赚钱——而在海外所赚的利润里面有许多是用来加更高的税的——而在北美，他们却始终在丢钱(当然就不用加税了)。

where是定语从句（只在海外赚钱），做插入部分可以先不看，while是转折，意思是然而（然而在国内亏钱）,while引导的从句在because分句里.

where是定语从句（只在海外赚钱），做插入部分可以先不看，while是转折，意思是然而（然而在国内亏钱）,while引导的从句在because分句里.

there are 2 more choices:

(D) with much of their profits going to pay higher taxes, while continuing

(E) with much of the profit used for paying higher taxes, as it continued

want to know why E is not correct?

多谢easttiger和ado~~

DE中的with有表示伴随的意思，意思上有区别，而且介词短语里这么多动词，不如用从句简洁。

as作连词表示“当…时，随着”，改变了原句要表达“然而”的转折对比含义（连词是不可随意更改的，特别是while和when这两个，意思比较独特）；另外as it continued也没有while continuing这个状从的省略句来得简洁。

used for paying这个表目的的，不如to do简洁。表目的有两种：for + n.和to + do.

with短语前面加逗号做独立主格表伴随或者跳跃插入语修饰前面主句最后一个名词，修饰意思改变。

ado.....好吧...

其实我的昵称是“啊偶”这个象声词来得...