In virtually all types of tissue in every animal species, dioxin induces the production of enzymes that are the organism’s trying to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical that is irritating it.
(A) trying to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical that is irritating it
(B) trying that it metabolize, or render harmless, the. chemical irritant
(C) attempt to try to metabolize, or render harmless, such a chemical irritant
(D) attempt to try and metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritating it（E）
(E) attempt to metabolize, or render harmless, the chemical irritant
Although an “-ing” verb such as trying can sometimes be used as a noun, the phrase the organism’s trying to metabolize in A is unidiomatic because trying is used as the object of organism’s.
请问，为什么说the phrase the organism’s trying to metabolize in A is unidiomatic because trying is used as the object of organism’s.？
猜想
trying 强调动作本身，做所有格的主语不大合适？
还有没有其他的意见？
“ the chemical irritant” is more efficient then "the chemical that is irritating it"
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