标题: og 77 一问。 [打印本页] 作者: qww 时间: 2003-12-28 18:11 标题: og 77 一问。 77. Though the term "graphic design" may suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely ranging work, from package designs and company logotypes to signs, book jackets, computer graphics, and film titles. (A) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely ranging (B) suggest laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, it has come to signify a wide range of (C) suggest corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified widely ranging (D) have suggested corporate brochure and annual report layout, it has signified a wide range of (E) have suggested laying out corporate brochures and annual reports, they have come to signify widely ranging Choice A contains an agreement error: the term requires the singular it has in place of the plural they have. Furthermore, widely ranging is imprecise: graphic design work does not range about widely but rather comprises a wide range of activities. Choice C contains widely ranging and, like D, fails to use a verb form such as laying out to define the activities, instead presenting an awkward noun phrase: corporate brochure and annual report layout. The present perfect tense is used inappropriately in choices C (has signified), D (have suggested... has signified), and E (have suggested) to indicate recently completed rather than ongoing action. Additionally, E contains the incorrect they have and the imprecise widely ranging. Choice B is best. B 没有问题，我得问题是 it has come to signify ，为什么用has come to signify,怎么解释，直接用signify不好吗？OG 中的解释The present perfect tense is used inappropriately in choices C (has signified), D (have suggested... has signified), and E (have suggested) to indicate recently completed rather than ongoing action。那为什么在B中还用has come to signify. 作者: donna 时间: 2003-12-28 20:03
"has come to"表示一过程，是不可以省略的，否则就改变了题意作者: chrislty 时间: 2018-4-14 20:36
三个错：1. may have表示过去的定义，但其实这题并不是说这是个旧定义，而是说定义扩张了而已，所以对于generally解释这个term的含义，不需要加have来表过去（理论上含义并没有变）
2. 要体会laying out和用名词lay out的区别，毕竟是说设计这个工种，所以应该去强调动作（强调到底是干什么），而且后面也说了这是个work。
3. 体会B有come to的不一样。C的话虽然语法上正确，假设作者是想表达以前是（may have）是那个定义，现在不一样了，那直接用现在完成时显然不对，因为逻辑上是矛盾的 ------以前是定义A，从以前某时候到现在定义A扩大了 ----- 显然B加了come to更表示了改变（如楼上所说，强调了过程）
总结：这是一个非常好的需要通过语义和逻辑判断的题