For members of the seventeenth-century Ashanti nation in Africa, animal-hide shields with wooden frames were essential items of military equipment, a method to protect warriors against enemy arrows and spears.
(A) a method to protect
(B) as a method protecting
(C) protecting
(D) as a protection of
(E) to protect OG 12: the underlined part begins a phrase describing items of military equipment
OG 10: C is best because the participle protecting begins a phrase that explains what the shields did
一个认为是修饰 shields ，一个认为修饰items of military equipment。
到底哪个是正确的??作者: aeoluseros 时间: 2010-1-15 19:45
其实是一样的。前面是主系表结构，后面的现在分词短语作adj.修饰的是前面整个事物。 而animal-hide shields with wooden frames = essential items of military equipment，所以"描述shields" 、"解释items" 哪个说法都是一样的。作者: 红尘道士 时间: 2010-1-15 20:15
期待牛牛作者: 铮岚瑗 时间: 2010-1-17 13:42
无论如何 后面的修饰成分都要有个确定对象吧..? 如果不是主系表结构的话..protecting又修饰哪个呢..?作者: tibet 时间: 2010-1-17 16:47
同意2楼说法 现在分词表伴随，表功能，不是简单修饰某个词 这么理解吧，和前面整句话并列做伴随，唯一注意的是动作发出者是前面的主语