原文:the federal government created the Yukon Territory, administered by an appointed commissioner, in an affort to ward off the prospect of annexation to Alaska.
annex sth or annex to sth, that's the ambiguous part.
look, annex is a transitive verb, so "annex sth" has the direct meaning to engulf sth.
since right now it is annex(or annexation) "to" sth and annex is a transitive verb, the direct meaning must not be to engulf sth. so the object that is going to be engulfed should be reversed. so "annexation to Alaska" should be parallel to say "Alaska's annexation of sth" or "sth is annxed to Alaska" or just "Alaska annex sth". the key point is annex is a transitive vert.
for instance, the word "consider" is a transitve verb. in term like "consideration to me", apparently, i am not the not to be "considered" or in this case "annexed". instead. the meaning should be "i consider sth". if i wanna say "i am considered", the prep "to" should be changed to "on", then it would be "consideration on me" and so "i am considered"
that's my personal aspect, hard to fully explain, btw, dont be stuck at one single point. move on`~that's what i alway do, move move move ononon~~~~
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发表于 2008-8-17 00:00:00
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