27. Obtaining an investment-grade ratine will keep the countv’s future borrowing costs low, protect its already-tattered image, and increase its ability to buy bond insurance. (A) Obtaining an investment-grade rating will keep the county’s future borrowing costs low, protect (B) To obtain an investment-grade rating will keep the county’s future borrowing costs low, and protect (C) Having obtained an investment-grade rating will, in keeping the county’s future borrowing costs low, protect (D) To obtain an investment-grade rating would keep the county’s future borrowing costs low, protecting (E) Obtaining an investment-grade rating, keeping the county’s borrowing costs low, would be protecting
其中og对D的解释是:(我自己把它分成两点)求解释 1、this sentence implies that obtaining an investment-grade rating and keeping costs low are the same thing; 有这种用法吗?难道是同位语?有这种奇葩的同位语吗? 2、this version of the sentence makes the referent of the possessive pronoun its uncertain because the possessive pronoun no longer identifies with the possessive noun in a grammatically parallel series.这句话真心看不懂。
【2nd問題】 僅僅看keep the county's future borrowing costs low,很有歧義。到底county's是修飾哪一個名詞成份呢? 1、keep the county's future borrowing costs low 2、keep the county's future borrowing costs low
上面是兩種可能的理解,黑體字是object,後面的內容都是修飾黑體字的後置定語;)
-- by 会员 TerraceHo (2012/12/14 19:41:19)
亲,gmac说its指代不清哦··我还是不懂啊啊 ·
-- by 会员 xohe赵 (2012/12/15 13:34:38)
this version of the sentence makes the referent of the possessive pronounits uncertain because the possessive pronoun no longer identifies with the possessive noun in a grammatically parallel series. 這裡possessive pronoun表示its,possessive noun表示county。 所以上面的意思是,possessive pronoun指代不確定,是因為possessive noun結構有問題。
1、keep the county's future borrowing costs low 2、keep the county's future borrowing costs low its可以分別指代上面兩個黑體部份: 1st表示,保持county(借款成本少)的未來 2nd表示,保持county(少)的未來借款成本