ChaseDream

标题: og118—一个词的用法不太明白,请指教 [打印本页]

作者: cher6068    时间: 2005-7-14 11:32
标题: og118—一个词的用法不太明白,请指教

1l8.  The question of whether to divest themselves of stock in companies that do business in South Africa is particularly troublesome for the nation’s 116 private Black colleges because their economic bases are often more fragile than most predominantly White colleges.



(A) than



(B) than those of



(C) than is so of



(D) compared toB



(E) compared to those of


这题选B我没有问题,我的疑问是句中的predominantly修饰谁,又如何翻译呢?请NN们指点,谢了!




作者: howardwang    时间: 2005-7-14 12:42

predominantly 修饰white,than 后面可以翻译为,大多数白人为主的大学。


请看longman上的例句:


As a civil engineer, Susan will be competing in a predominantly male profession.



作者: cher6068    时间: 2005-7-15 11:32

Hi,howardwan, thank for your explanation and example, I got it!


作者: howardwang    时间: 2005-7-15 11:39

welcom.


we are improving together.






欢迎光临 ChaseDream (https://forum.chasedream.com/) Powered by Discuz! X3.3