Even though it was not illegal for the bank to share its customers' personal and financial information
with an outside marketing company in return for a commission on sales, the state's attorney general
accused the bank of engaging in deceptive business practices by failing to honor its promise to its
customers to keep records private.
(A) by failing to honor its promise to its customers to keep
(B) by its failure of honoring its promise to its customers to keep
(A) 正确,by doing to do 表示 engage in deceptive business practice 的方式;promise 的习惯用法
是 promise to do sth 或者 promise that…,而不是 promise of doing 或 in doing sth。
(B) 名词 failure 不如动词 failing 简洁。
A是对的
为啥我感觉B应该好一些 failure强调结果啊。。。难道是failing的动作要强调吗?(failureof 确实有这个用法 不一定加to ) 作者: enkyklios 时间: 2013-6-7 19:28
我的理解是它的的意思是不一样的;
by its failure of honoring ,by是由于的意思,但这里需要的是通过的意思所以不能选by its failure of honoring .作者: abc791201064 时间: 2013-6-8 00:41
enkyklios 发表于 2013-6-7 19:28
我的理解是它的的意思是不一样的;
by its failure of honoring ,by是由于的意思,但这里需要的是通过的意 ...
by我木有查到因为的意思呀。
话说在我脑海里面 gmat 中by就是被动的那个By
这里答案是A 但是感觉还是好别扭逻辑上作者: lesley0927 时间: 2013-6-8 00:59
双重所有格在GMAT中,能避免就避免。 its failure of 作者: enkyklios 时间: 2013-6-8 01:23
abc791201064 发表于 2013-6-8 00:41
by我木有查到因为的意思呀。
话说在我脑海里面 gmat 中by就是被动的那个By
为什么没有?你肯定就没有查词典!!!以下解释来自牛津词典
BY
as a result of (sth); because of; through
以下这句话来自海词词典,你感受一下。显然不是通过的意思
Indeed,by its failure to seize on its one last opportunity to come clean and disarm,Iraq has put itself in deeper material breach and closer to the day when it will face serious consequences for its continued defiance of this council.
由于伊拉克没有抓住说明自己和解除武器的最后一次机会
如果觉得上边的句子是falilure to do,看下边的句子;
Reports have it that Syria has been disenchanted by its failure of delivering the goods in time.