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作者: 心晴    时间: 2004-5-30 22:16
标题: 请问OG185

185. The recent surge in the number of airplane flights has clogged the nation's air-traffic control system, to lead to 55 percent more delays at airports, and prompts fears among some officials that safety is being compromised.


(A)  to lead to 55 percent more delays at airports, and prompts


(B)  leading to 55 percent more delay at airports and prompting


(C)  to lead to a 55 percent increase in delay at airports and prompt


(D)  to lead to an increase of 55 percent in delays at airports, and prompted


(E)   leading to a 55-percent increase in delays at airports and prompting


This question poses two major problems: parallel structure and precision of expression. In E, the best choice, parallel structure is maintained in the participial phrases introduced by leading and prompting, and the phrase 55-percent increase in delays conveys the meaning more accurately than does the phrase 55 percent more delay(s) in A and B. Also, choice A lacks parallelism. In C and D the infinitive phrase to lead to ... is less idiomatic than the participial phrase leading to .. .'_ Choice C uses the singular delay where the plural is needed to indicate an increase in the number of delays; the phrase increase in delay has no exact meaning.



为什么B没有E好啊?


作者: ianan    时间: 2004-5-30 22:29

B leading to 55 percent more delay at airports and prompting

B 的delay 应该用复数吧!


作者: scots    时间: 2004-5-31 02:17

说是B的表达不如E意思清楚~~~


作者: 心晴    时间: 2004-5-31 07:51
以下是引用ianan在2004-5-30 22:29:00的发言:

B leading to 55 percent more delay at airports and prompting


B 的delay 应该用复数吧!


这个我明白,但是OG的解释说B不如D清楚,偶觉得B也满清楚的说,哪位能再解释一下么?


作者: vincent0330    时间: 2004-5-31 08:13

"55 percent more delay "

这里55 percent more 用来修饰delay 会不会很奇怪呢?! 用了more还要不要用than呢?!

还是应该用 a 55 percent increase会好点, 后缀 in delay (在delay这方面)的表达会比较好!!


作者: 心晴    时间: 2004-6-1 08:57
以下是引用vincent0330在2004-5-31 8:13:00的发言:

"55 percent more delay "


这里55 percent more 用来修饰delay 会不会很奇怪呢?! 用了more还要不要用than呢?!


还是应该用 a 55 percent increase会好点, 后缀 in delay (在delay这方面)的表达会比较好!!



呵呵,明白了,谢谢,没想到这一点,我明白了
作者: byebyelove    时间: 2004-10-6 10:44

想请教

"leading to a 55-percent increase in delays at airports and prompting fears among some officials that safety is being compromised."

modify which part of the sentence?

thank a lot!!!


作者: byebyelove    时间: 2004-10-8 08:57
ding!!
作者: calista5133    时间: 2004-10-10 01:15
i think here a surge in the number of airplane flights has two consequences :first leading to delays,second,prompting fears.so you can understand
作者: 音乐咖啡猫    时间: 2004-11-29 23:35

我也来问一个问题,OG上说“In C and D, the infinitive phrase to lead to ..... is less idiomatic than the participial phrase leadting to..."

不明白为什么leadting就比to lead 好?请教NN们


作者: best555tw    时间: 2005-1-16 11:22

The recent surge当主词

has当动词

原本後面应该是and leads  

and 省略 leads 要改成leading


作者: tqbiao    时间: 2005-1-18 14:22

55percent more delays 不精确的原因是没有比较对象,应该是比the recent surge之前,但没有指明显然是不妥的.

但你要是问我为什么a 55-percent increase 也没有指明increase前的时间呀,只能说这个participle phrase是main clause的结果了。

其实这里还有一个有趣的地方,我刚刚回贴得时候看到的,55-percent正确答案中有一个hyphen呢,大家对这个hyphen怎么看


作者: whoami2    时间: 2005-2-10 21:50
tqbiao, 你连hyphen都看到了。虽然我无法回答你的问题,但我仍然忍不住大喊一声:你太牛了!帮你顶啊!
作者: best555tw    时间: 2005-2-25 14:03
頂.......有人可幫忙回答嗎
作者: 小女公子    时间: 2005-3-9 22:42
以下是引用音乐咖啡猫在2004-11-29 23:35:00的发言:

我也来问一个问题,OG上说“In C and D, the infinitive phrase to lead to ..... is less idiomatic than the participial phrase leadting to..."


不明白为什么leadting就比to lead 好?请教NN们


同问。顶。


作者: 小女公子    时间: 2005-3-9 22:44

the phrase increase in delay has no exact meaning.

og这样说。

可是我觉得怎么会没有meaning呢。increase in sales,increase in delays,

在delay和销售的增长。


作者: 小女公子    时间: 2005-3-10 22:27

up

请教上两楼的问题


作者: 小女公子    时间: 2005-3-14 13:41
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作者: 夕X4    时间: 2005-4-21 22:00
以下是引用tqbiao在2005-1-18 14:22:00的发言:

55percent more delays 不精确的原因是没有比较对象,应该是比the recent surge之前,但没有指明显然是不妥的.


但你要是问我为什么a 55-percent increase 也没有指明increase前的时间呀,只能说这个participle phrase是main clause的结果了。


其实这里还有一个有趣的地方,我刚刚回贴得时候看到的,55-percent正确答案中有一个hyphen呢,大家对这个hyphen怎么看




同问
作者: cloudwind    时间: 2005-4-26 03:35
不是NN,說一下自己的體會。



1. S+V,Ving 結構



以下是引用音樂咖啡貓在2004-11-29 23:35:00的發言:

我也來問一個問題,OG上說“In C and D, the infinitive phrase to lead to ..... is less idiomatic than the participial phrase leadting to..."

不明白為什麼leadting就比to lead 好?請教NN們



今天總結的時候剛好看到三個都有這樣結構的題目,都是 S+V, Ving,在這樣的結構下ETS prefer Ving是因為句意的緣故。因為這三題就句意來看,都有後面的Ving表示前面動作(主句V)的"結果"的味道(菜鳥寶典註:分詞伴隨表結果),擺出來一起看就很清楚了。



154. In 1791 Robert Carter III, one of the wealthiest plantation owners
in Virginia, stunned his family, friends, and neighbors by filing a
deed of emancipation, setting free the more than 500 slaves who were
legally considered his property.

(A)    setting free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered

(B)    setting free more than the 500 slaves legally considered as

(C)    and set free more than 500 slaves, who were legally considered as

(D)    and set free more than the 500 slaves who were legally considered

(E)    and he set free the more than 500 slaves who were legally considered as



This sentence requires that the
participial phrase setting free... connect to the gerund construction
by filing a deed...; it was the filing of a deed that made possible the
setting free ....(在這裡有指出來是前面的動作made possible"setting free) Choices
A and B establish this connection, but only A, the best choice,
completes the participial phrase appropriately. In choices B and D the
misconstructed phrases set[ting] free more than the 500 slaves ...
mistakenly suggest that Carter set free slaves that were not his own. Choices C and D distort

meaning by paralleling stunned and
set free, as though these were two separate and independent
actions.(這裡說分開用A and B連接就扭曲句意了,表示這兩個動作的確有關連) E begins a second
independent clause, which--though grammatically acceptable--again
distorts the meaning. In choices B, C, and E, considered as is
unidiomatic.



163. Found throughout Central and South America, sloths hang from trees
by long rubbery limbs and sleep fifteen hours a day. moving
infrequently enough that two species of algae grow on its coat and
between its toes.

(A)    sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs and sleep fifteen hours a day, moving infrequently enough

(B)    sloths hang from trees by long rubbery limbs,
they sleep fifteen hours a day, and with such infrequent movements

(C)    sloths use their long rubbery limbs to hang from
trees, sleep fifteen hours a day, and move so infrequently

(D)    the sloth
hangs from trees by its long rubbery limbs, sleeping fifteen hours a
day and moving so infrequently

(E)    the sloth hangs from trees by its long rubbery
limbs, sleeps fifteen hours a day, and it moves infrequently enough



D, the best choice, correctly
subordinates sleeping and moving to hangs
(這裡指出sleeping和moving的動作是從屬於hangs的,可以理解為掛在那裡,然後sleeping and moving) while
using the idiomatically correct phrasing so (infrequently) that.... The
pronoun its shows clearly that the limbs belong to the sloth, not the
trees. Choice A illogically coordinates hang and sleep and, like E,
uses the unidiomatic expression infrequently enough that. B creates an
awkward and nonparallel series: sloths hang ..., they sleep ..., and
with.... C creates a confusing and absurd image with use their... limbs
to hang ..., sleep ..., and move .... A, B, and C all mistakenly use
the plural sloths, which does not agree , with its coat and... its
toes. E wrongly coordinates hangs and sleeps and violates parallelism
by inserting it before moves to create a new independent clause.



185. The recent surge in the number of airplane flights has clogged the
nation's air-traffic control system, to lead to 55 percent more delays
at airports, and prompts fears among some officials that safety is
being compromised.

(A)    to lead to 55 percent more delays at airports, and prompts

(B)    leading to 55 percent more delay at airports and prompting

(C)    to lead to a 55 percent increase in delay at airports and prompt

(D)    to lead to an increase of 55 percent in delays at airports, and prompted

(E)    leading to a 55-percent increase in delays at airports and prompting



This question poses two major problems: parallel structure and precision of expression(這裡有提到句意要注意).
In E, the best choice, parallel structure ismaintained in the
participial phrases introduced by leading and prompting, and the phrase
55-percent increase in delays conveys the meaning more accurately than
does the phrase 55 percent more delay(s) in A and B. Also, choice A
lacks parallelism. In C and D the
infinitive phrase to lead to ... is less idiomatic than the participial
phrase leading to .. .(由句意來看,的確是前面的clogged有造成後面leading的結果,用分詞會比不定詞好)'_
Choice C uses the singular delay where the plural is needed to indicate
an increase in the number of delays; the phrase increase in delay has
no exact meaning.



2. 55-percent

直覺想到做形容詞用 類似 3-year-old boy. To be discussed.



3. delays必須要是plural表示the number of delays

the phrase increase in delay has no exact meanings.



『 og這樣說。

可是我覺得怎麼會沒有meaning呢。increase in sales,increase in delays,

在delay和銷售的增長。  』



Choice C uses the singular delay where the plural is needed to indicate
an increase in the number of delays; the phrase increase in delay has
no exact meaning. 這裡我覺得要把OG的解釋連在一起看,表示單數delay沒有表示an increase in the
number of delays.




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作者: zfpal    时间: 2005-5-21 11:37

感谢cloudwind的精彩分析


作者: nyc_cfa    时间: 2005-8-14 04:08
以下是引用音乐咖啡猫在2004-11-29 23:35:00的发言:

我也来问一个问题,OG上说“In C and D, the infinitive phrase to lead to ..... is less idiomatic than the participial phrase leadting to..."


不明白为什么leadting就比to lead 好?请教NN们

刘振民里面好像提到用不定式修饰的时候,不能有前面的逗号.
作者: mko    时间: 2005-11-10 14:53
hyphen应该是印刷/打字错误,因为OG 11th的原版里没有hyphen...

作者: scujean    时间: 2006-6-14 22:10
以下是引用mko在2005-11-10 14:53:00的发言:
hyphen应该是印刷/打字错误,因为OG 11th的原版里没有hyphen...

數字常和n連用,構成複合adj, 中間要用破哲號,而且只用n的單數。例:a four-week holiday

有或沒有破哲號都可以


作者: CarrieLee789    时间: 2006-8-18 16:18

因為leading & promoting 這件事是和surge(或clog)同時間發生

為了強調時間的一樣(伴隨),用Ving的形式來表達會比較好


作者: hyh_0927    时间: 2006-8-23 20:57

The recent surge in the number of airplane flights has clogged the nation's air-traffic control system, to lead to 55 percent more delays at airports, and prompts fears among some officials that safety is being compromised.

Ans E) leading to a 55-percent increase in delays at
                airports and prompting
            

想請問leading...是修飾緊接在前的system還是the recent surge或是修飾全句呢?

分詞片語是不是可以修飾緊接在前的詞,或是前一句的主詞或是前句整句呢?

謝謝!!

想請問leading...是修飾緊接在前的system還是the recent surge或是修飾全句呢?

分詞片語是不是可以修飾緊接在前的詞,或是前一句的主詞或是前句整句呢?

謝謝!!


作者: 清清小蚂蚁    时间: 2006-9-3 10:53
以下是引用hyh_0927在2006-8-23 20:57:00的发言:

The recent surge in the number of airplane flights has clogged the nation's air-traffic control system, to lead to 55 percent more delays at airports, and prompts fears among some officials that safety is being compromised.

Ans E) leading to a 55-percent increase in delays at
    airports and prompting
   

想請問leading...是修飾緊接在前的system還是the recent surge或是修飾全句呢?

分詞片語是不是可以修飾緊接在前的詞,或是前一句的主詞或是前句整句呢?

謝謝!!

想請問leading...是修飾緊接在前的system還是the recent surge或是修飾全句呢?

分詞片語是不是可以修飾緊接在前的詞,或是前一句的主詞或是前句整句呢?

謝謝!!

想請問leading...是修飾緊接在前的system還是the recent surge或是修飾全句呢?

分詞片語是不是可以修飾緊接在前的詞,或是前一句的主詞或是前句整句呢?

謝謝!!

修饰全句。
作者: jamesyeah    时间: 2006-9-13 16:17

定,为什么B没有E好啊?


作者: 誓不低头的重生    时间: 2006-10-2 16:26
标题: 回复:(jamesyeah)定,为什么B没有E好啊?

个人意见

B中有2个地方欠妥 1>55percent more delay :more后面没有than 结构不完整

               2>leading修饰全句,用单数 和a 55-percent increase逻辑上合理一些


作者: 期待蔚蓝    时间: 2006-11-5 21:30
以下是引用小女公子在2005-3-9 22:44:00的发言:

the phrase increase in delay has no exact meaning.

og这样说。

可是我觉得怎么会没有meaning呢。increase in sales,increase in delays,

在delay和销售的增长。

同问同问!!

难道就是因为delay没有加s??


作者: Fisherman    时间: 2006-11-5 22:30
以下是引用小女公子在2005-3-9 22:44:00的发言:

the phrase increase in delay has no exact meaning.

og这样说。

可是我觉得怎么会没有meaning呢。increase in sales,increase in delays,

在delay和销售的增长。

OG说no exact meaning, 我的理解是,Increase in dealy 说不清是说delay时间的长短还是delay次数的多少。而题中明显是说delay次数的多少,所以应该用delays。

另外,关于leading和to lead, 区别是leading说的是结果,to lead说的是目的。很明显这里应该用leading,因为没有人是故意想增加delay的次数。


作者: purplehue    时间: 2006-11-15 13:37

对OG里的解释也不太明白,胡思乱想出了more的修饰问题:

55% more+delays:导致了超过55%以上的延迟

55%+more delays:导致了更多的延迟,增加了55%

是不是这样的啊???

请教NN解答,谢谢!


作者: luckyouyang    时间: 2006-12-2 12:18
delay...单数可数名词不能单独存在,所以B不对
作者: xdffans    时间: 2006-12-5 00:14

purplehue:

对OG里的解释也不太明白,胡思乱想出了more的修饰问题:

55% more+delays:导致了超过55%以上的延迟

55%+more delays:导致了更多的延迟,增加了55%

是不是这样的啊???图片点击可在新窗口打开查看

我觉得你的分析有道理哦!


作者: soniashi    时间: 2006-12-6 18:36

这个问题我也没有搞明白 但是在看完了OG 学完了新东方教材 做完了大全 并且做了GWD以后 我感觉就是这样的结构 ETS绝对倾向于使用 ***ing 。

不知道哪位NN有指正


作者: 遥远的绿洲    时间: 2006-12-7 11:19
以下是引用soniashi在2006-12-6 18:36:00的发言:

这个问题我也没有搞明白 但是在看完了OG 学完了新东方教材 做完了大全 并且做了GWD以后 我感觉就是这样的结构 ETS绝对倾向于使用 ***ing 。

不知道哪位NN有指正

有同感


作者: ll_zl    时间: 2007-4-16 00:54

不是NN,但纵观OG,表示伴随状况的,ETS都倾向于用分词短语,关于分词短语的用法,大牛们有很多的分析,大家可以找找看


作者: qiuzhen28    时间: 2007-4-16 09:48
太强了,彪悍的人生
作者: vivian_huang    时间: 2007-8-5 22:36

不是NN,也交流一下这个题目的思路:

分析思路:

1)  这个题目的考点是?

     --〉发现好像是考平行对称

2)  预测选项中有lead的过去形式;

     --〉选项只有分词和不定式

3)  不定式肯定不行

     --〉分词可以做伴随状语

4)在BE中选择

   --〉delay要用复数,--〉选择E

  另外,楼上说的关于B选项的more后面应该有than明确表示比较的对象这一说法亦很有道理


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作者: spyder1011    时间: 2007-9-4 17:57
以下是引用purplehue在2006-11-15 13:37:00的发言:

对OG里的解释也不太明白,胡思乱想出了more的修饰问题:

55% more+delays:导致了超过55%以上的延迟

55%+more delays:导致了更多的延迟,增加了55%

是不是这样的啊???

请教NN解答,谢谢!

愚认为这个回答是个被忽略的金矿:

OG11里说“The phrase 55 percent more delays(注意这里是有s的,表示不是s的错) is not as clear as the phrase a 55 percent increase in delays.”说明more是有歧义的,而不是说没有用than等使用错误。歧义就在于上面所说,more有二种词性,1)adv,2)pronoun,determiner(怎么翻译不知道,LDOCE:a word that is used before a noun in order to show which thing you mean.),所以它既可以修饰percent(adj)又可以修饰delays(n)。

这样就变成了leading to (55 percent more) delays: 导致延迟(比原先)增加了55%,leading to 55 percent (more delays):导致了所有增加了的延迟中的55%。仔细理解发现这两个短语的意思和重心是不一样的。改成leading to a 55 percent increase in delays就变成了v+O.+O.C的结构,立即清楚了

不知道我的理解对不对。大家一起批斗。


作者: hopelanxyn    时间: 2007-9-23 02:25

make some sense.

but , if 55 percent is not to modify the delays, then what is the function of more delays in this sentence?


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作者: norinfo    时间: 2008-5-1 18:16
以下是引用vincent0330在2004-5-31 8:13:00的发言:

"55 percent more delay "

这里55 percent more 用来修饰delay 会不会很奇怪呢?! 用了more还要不要用than呢?!

还是应该用 a 55 percent increase会好点, 后缀 in delay (在delay这方面)的表达会比较好!!

55 percent more delay(s)从语法结构上应该没有错吧. 比如one more times, 我觉得应该从逻辑语义上看看待这个问题,

55 percent more delay(s)逻辑语义上指的是多出原来的那部分, 也就是那个55%的delays, 中心词在delays上

而a 55-percent increase in delays则强调55%的增长, 中心词在increase上面,

原句的意思应该是surge导致了increase, 而不是导致了delays吧

请NN解惑


作者: ricee    时间: 2008-5-2 12:33

OG真是常读常新啊,这题就几个点:

- 现在分词在句尾作状语这里表结果,修饰句子;而不定式作状语一般表目的

- 并列的分词修饰用and连接,前后平行

- 表达方式,more delay的表述一没有比较的实质(delay是个抽象名词),二没有清晰的比较对象;相比increase则很清晰为频次和增长的方向


作者: flowingl    时间: 2008-7-9 14:22
以下是引用spyder1011在2007-9-4 17:57:00的发言:

愚认为这个回答是个被忽略的金矿:

OG11里说“The phrase 55 percent more delays(注意这里是有s的,表示不是s的错) is not as clear as the phrase a 55 percent increase in delays.”说明more是有歧义的,而不是说没有用than等使用错误。歧义就在于上面所说,more有二种词性,1)adv,2)pronoun,determiner(怎么翻译不知道,LDOCE:a word that is used before a noun in order to show which thing you mean.),所以它既可以修饰percent(adj)又可以修饰delays(n)。

这样就变成了leading to (55 percent more) delays: 导致延迟(比原先)增加了55%,leading to 55 percent (more delays):导致了所有增加了的延迟中的55%。仔细理解发现这两个短语的意思和重心是不一样的。改成leading to a 55 percent increase in delays就变成了v+O.+O.C的结构,立即清楚了

不知道我的理解对不对。大家一起批斗。

同意此处应从more用法/歧义来作理解.

记得看过薰衣mm一篇more/less用法分析的帖子:
"more/less这两个词既可以跟形容词, 构成比较级, 又可以单独解释为”多”/”少”, 由其引起的歧义不在少数."  大家可以搜搜.


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作者: gracie495824    时间: 2008-7-23 20:16

OG11里说CTo lead and prompt are not parallel,而OG10却没有提到这个问题。

OG11也有省略不定式中to的情况,为什么不说不平行呢。。。


作者: 美女谢    时间: 2008-8-1 10:55
请教:an increase of 55 percent in delays 与 a 55 percent increase in delays 有什麽区别啊?
作者: rhine521    时间: 2008-8-1 23:35
以下是引用ricee在2008-5-2 12:33:00的发言:

OG真是常读常新啊,这题就几个点:

- 现在分词在句尾作状语这里表结果,修饰句子;而不定式作状语一般表目的

- 并列的分词修饰用and连接,前后平行

- 表达方式,more delay的表述一没有比较的实质(delay是个抽象名词),二没有清晰的比较对象;相比increase则很清晰为频次和增长的方向

不错~!谢谢~!
作者: nk_jade    时间: 2008-8-5 14:13

看了大家的帖子发现,大家都比较赞同B选项中more 后面应该有一个清晰的比较对象,或者说是more 应该和than 一起连用。

可是,我记得高中语法有个,another 12 steps 和 12 more steps 这样的表达方式,指额外的……

并且用google搜索了一下,觉得这种 nubmer + more + 名词的用法还是比较多。如 5 more colors 或者,5 more days to go.

所以,觉得B项中除了delay 应该加s外,语法并没有什么错误。然后也分辨不出为什么 55% increase in delays 会比55% more delays 更好~~

请大家继续更明确的赐教~~

多谢多谢


作者: kitsun    时间: 2008-9-26 18:39

在这里more delay可以表示延迟个案数量上的增加,也可以表示延迟程度上的增加(数目上没有增加),而increase in delays则只能表示延迟个案数量上的增加。


作者: phyroc    时间: 2008-10-4 12:34
有了比较级要有than

用了比较级不一定要用than,OG里多次出现只有比较级没有than的情况。

OG解释中说55 percent more是unlcear,unlcear的意思就是ambigious的意思,印证了前面有一层楼说的是more引起了歧义,不知道是(55 percent more) delays还是55 percent (more delays)。

在GMAT中还有一个题是produce more fuel-efficient cars than...,这个题也是错的,因为不知道到底是(more fuel-efficient) cars 还是more (fuel-efficient cars )


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作者: suhuilin    时间: 2009-3-9 22:16
ding上面的问题,我也觉得有问题...
作者: tyyzyuanmu    时间: 2009-5-10 12:06
以下是引用spyder1011在2007-9-4 17:57:00的发言:

愚认为这个回答是个被忽略的金矿:

OG11里说“The phrase 55 percent more delays(注意这里是有s的,表示不是s的错) is not as clear as the phrase a 55 percent increase in delays.”说明more是有歧义的,而不是说没有用than等使用错误。歧义就在于上面所说,more有二种词性,1)adv,2)pronoun,determiner(怎么翻译不知道,LDOCE:a word that is used before a noun in order to show which thing you mean.),所以它既可以修饰percent(adj)又可以修饰delays(n)。

这样就变成了leading to (55 percent more) delays: 导致延迟(比原先)增加了55%,leading to 55 percent (more delays):导致了所有增加了的延迟中的55%。仔细理解发现这两个短语的意思和重心是不一样的。改成leading to a 55 percent increase in delays就变成了v+O.+O.C的结构,立即清楚了

不知道我的理解对不对。大家一起批斗。

同意前辈的这个说法。

那么B就是有两个错误:

1;delay应该为复数

2;55% more delays 表达有歧义


作者: 轻松1111    时间: 2009-6-17 14:14

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作者: yinl    时间: 2009-7-2 04:55
以下是引用spyder1011在2007-9-4 17:57:00的发言:

愚认为这个回答是个被忽略的金矿:

OG11里说“The phrase 55 percent more delays(注意这里是有s的,表示不是s的错) is not as clear as the phrase a 55 percent increase in delays.”说明more是有歧义的,而不是说没有用than等使用错误。歧义就在于上面所说,more有二种词性,1)adv,2)pronoun,determiner(怎么翻译不知道,LDOCE:a word that is used before a noun in order to show which thing you mean.),所以它既可以修饰percent(adj)又可以修饰delays(n)。

这样就变成了leading to (55 percent more) delays: 导致延迟(比原先)增加了55%,leading to 55 percent (more delays):导致了所有增加了的延迟中的55%。仔细理解发现这两个短语的意思和重心是不一样的。改成leading to a 55 percent increase in delays就变成了v+O.+O.C的结构,立即清楚了

不知道我的理解对不对。大家一起批斗。

牛人!!终于明白到底怎么回事了,彪悍的牛人!!加油!!!

谢谢啦


作者: elaine1031    时间: 2009-7-2 17:34
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作者: elaine1031    时间: 2009-7-2 17:41

to do 如接在一个动词后常表示一个动作的目的,如果这里是to lead to的话,则理解为 The recent surge in the number of airplane flights has clogged the nation’s air-traffic control system 的目的是to lead to...,这显然是不符合逻辑。

doing 在位于动词后常作状语修饰前面的动词,表结果或状态, recent surge in... 应该是导致了leading to 后面的内容。所以应该用leading 而不用 to lead to..

个人见解。。。


作者: elaine1031    时间: 2009-7-2 17:43

作者: anzhiying    时间: 2009-8-13 21:18
thx
作者: Jasonhere    时间: 2010-3-7 19:48
总结一下:
1. 55 percent more delays 有歧义, more, less修饰名词的时候容易产生歧义,解决办法是放在名词的后面
2. delay应用复数delays,排除BC
3. to do…and to do 第二个to可省可不省
4. A选项to lead…and (to) prompts 不正确,应是prompts
5. D时态不正确,还有其他明显错误
6. 不过在GMAT里,似乎没有看到过逗号以后使用不定式仍然是正确答案的先例(平行对称结构除外)(xdf老师Lewis语)

仅供参考
作者: 游吟者    时间: 2010-8-12 11:17
请教一个问题,不定式并列时可以省略to吗。

这个题OG12对C的解释说to lead和prompt不平行,(To lead and prompt are not parallel) 那是说不可以省略to吗?

可是看OG12的15题中

15.    Warning that computers in the United States are not secure, the National Academy of Sciences has urged the nation to revamp computer security procedures, institute new emergency response teams, creating a
special nongovernment organization to take charge of computer security planning.

(A)    creating a special nongovernment organization to take
(B)    creating a special nongovernment organization that takes
(C)    creating a special nongovernment organization for taking
(D)    and create a special nongovernment organization for taking
(E)    and create a special nongovernment organization to take

选E却是省略了TO的

请教NN,to到底可以省略吗?
作者: LIHONGYANG    时间: 2011-7-13 12:33
我觉得你举的5 more colors的例子特别好,但同样是举例子的话,如果要表达产量上升了50%一般的说法是a 50% increase in production而不是50% more production,我认为delay这里如同production,是一个抽象的概念,用increase表达变化的趋势,再用in的结构表达变化的对象,而反而不是大家说的delay要不要加s的问题。
作者: 浅浅123    时间: 2012-3-15 16:53
我觉得你举的5 more colors的例子特别好,但同样是举例子的话,如果要表达产量上升了50%一般的说法是a 50% increase in production而不是50% more production,我认为delay这里如同production,是一个抽象的概念,用increase表达变化的趋势,再用in的结构表达变化的对象,而反而不是大家说的delay要不要加s的问题。
-- by 会员 LIHONGYANG (2011/7/13 12:33:39)


这个回复才是真正的金矿,查了longman
delay做可数名词讲[countable]when someone or something has to wait, or the length of the waiting time
可以指耽误的时间的长短,这里指的是耽误的时间而不是delay的次数!
作者: zwhjzwhj    时间: 2012-6-27 21:15
好吧,爬了所有楼以后,我终于相信这个delay和delays的讨论无止境了。
作者: tr408283185    时间: 2012-11-21 11:38
继续顶  同问为什么是用delays而不是是delay?




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