163. Because Halley’s comet changes orbit slightly during the seventy-six-year interval between passing close to Earth, it may veer onto a collision course with a planet sometime in the distant future.
163. Because Halley’s comet changes orbit slightly during the seventy-six-year interval between passing close to Earth, it may veer onto a collision course with a planet sometime in the distant future.
(A) between passing (between is used as either 1) between A and B or 2) between + plural nouns) so the "between passing close to Earth" is unidiomic
(B) of passing
(C) between its passes Between is better than "of" here, cux some key words, orbit, interval
我觉得这不是interval between 要搭配有这么个搭配要背住。而是需要根据语义来。interval是间隔的意思,如果是仅限于两者间的间隔应该就是between了,如果是非常多的间隔,变成intervals,那么难道下道题要继续按照我们有个固定搭配:interval要配between,或者说另一种情况,前面说到interval正好是个宾语结束,后面接了个as做时间或原因状语,就继续再说interval要跟as搭配?
所以我觉的这道题应该研究一下所说的“语义”
有个during the seventy-six-year interval, Halley经过地球间隔了76年,这个间隔是76年以前和76年以后,所以两者之间用between.