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gmatpreparation 发表于 2013-8-2 17:36
they指代的应该是wines

首先，分号已经将两句分开，所以后一句是独立的，主语跟第一句无关，所以不能由第 ...

同意！               

PurpleSun520

i donot know why you guys are always talking about the meaningless question here.

the most important point is the rules of ellipsis--If you omit a word in a sentence, that word must have already appeared in the sentence.

A their wines have been priced to sell,and they are (selling).-->incorrect .
B  their wines are priced to sell ,and they have (sold)-->incorrect
C   their wines are priced to sell,and they do (sell)--> correct
same as D and E

fesche

PurpleSun520 发表于 2016-4-12 14:43
i donot know why you guys are always talking about the meaningless question here.

the most importan ...

同意楼上的，这个考点要找后面的动词用哪个

fesche

不过深层次的看这个问题，我认为they指的是wines，前半句子的主语是wines，their只是修饰主语的，可以忽略，后面的代词they应该是指向之前提到的主语也就是wines

晓嘉听话

fesche 发表于 2016-4-16 02:26
不过深层次的看这个问题，我认为they指的是wines，前半句子的主语是wines，their只是修饰主语的，可以忽略 ...

我觉得这个句子指代本身就有问题的....既然那么多人都不明白这个they指的是什么，是不是本身就说明了句子有歧义啊。。。哈哈哈哈

ysycoco

为了看句子如何翻译。。。

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BruceCTU 发表于 2010-6-7 23:20
"they" 指代的是＂wines". "sell" 作不及物动词时， 意思是＂被卖出＂ ＂有销路＂， ＂有人买＂ 的意思。参 ...

首先，确实如@逆水潜龙 所讲的那样，曼哈顿SC Strategy (6th edition)第132页确实讲了：

In theory, every pronoun in a well-written sentence should clearly refer to one antecedent. If a sentence uses the same pronoun multiple times, every instance must refer to the same antecedent. If the first it refers to one noun and the second it refers to another, unacceptable confusion reigns.

所以这一题里面，分号后面的they最好也理解为Italian vintners.

另外，sell在牛津高阶的第一个意思就包含及物和非及物两种用法：

sell  
verb, noun
verb (sold, sold )
exchange for money
~ sth (to sb) (at / for sth)
~ sb sth (at / for sth) to give sth to sb in exchange for money: [VN, VNN] I sold my car to James for £800. ◆ I sold James my car for £800. ◆ [VN] They sold the business at a profit / loss (= they gained / lost money when they sold it). ◆ [V] We offered them a good price but they wouldn't sell.

结合price的意思：

verb [VN]
[usually passive] ~ sth (at sth) to fix the price of sth at a particular level: a reasonably priced house ◆ The tickets are priced at $100 each. ◆ These goods are priced too high.

如此，整句话的意思就是： 为了降低他们的库存，意大利葡萄酒商降了价；他们的葡萄酒已经被固定在一个价格水平去卖，并且他们也确实这样去做（即，去卖）了。

当然，时态也能排除其余选项。
我也并没有认为自己的理解一定对，但是看别人的回答（包括老外）之后还是存在困惑，所以还是觉得这么理解比较好（我选对了，当时就是这么想的，反而是后来看OG解释有点困惑了），欢迎指正。