求问关于什么时候adj+adj+n 会存在歧义

我的小呀小苹果 · 发表于 2016-4-26 21:05:28

引用DUKB24
在GMAT的语法规则中，这个adj adj n的结构一般是模糊的
一定会有不同的选项结构是：ADV+ADJ+N

这是GMAT的语法规则
普通的写作中adj+adj+n完全没有问题的

His studies of ice-polished rocks in his Alpine homeland, far outside the range of present-day glaciers, led Louis Agassiz in 1837 to propose the concept of an age in which great ice sheets had existed in now currently temperate areas.

(A) in which great ice sheets had existed in nowcurrently temperate areas
(B) in which great ice sheets existed in what are now temperate areas
(C) when great ice sheets existed where there were areas now temperate
(D) when great ice sheets had existed in current temperate areas
(E) when great ice sheets existed in areas now that are temperate

但是在有些题中 ADJ+ADJ+N 又成为了正确答案
OG13-126
The use of lie detectors is based on the assumption that lying produces emotional reactions in an individual that, in turn, create unconscious physiological responses.
A that, in turn, create unconscious physiological responses
B that creates unconscious physiological responses in turn
C creating, in turn, unconscious physiological responses
D to create, in turn, physiological responses that are unconscious
E who creates unconscious physiological responses in turn

当然这个不是判断答案的唯一标准，但是今天看到好几个这种多形容词修饰歧义，还有些题又加了more 和 less 修饰，比较晕，想问问NN，怎么看她有没有歧义呀

大胡 · 发表于 2016-4-27 08:11:15

我觉得adj+adj+n这个语法点不是一个绝对性错误，可以通过选项之间的比较和句意的理解来判断排除。
第一题，选B不选D，我觉得不是因为 “adj+adj+n错，ADV+ADJ+N对”这个绝对的规则判断的。
是因为题目中要强调的是“现在的温和的地方”，所以选择now temperate area，因为now作为adv，一定要修饰temperate area；而current temperate area中，current是adj，不能修饰temperate area，所以在语义上落了下层。

第二题，你可以纵向比较一下，ABCE都是unconscious physiplogical response; D是physiological responses that are unconsicious，D选项明显比其他选项都冗杂一些，选项里也没有更好的表达方式，那unconcious physiological response这样的表达形式也是可以的。

用more or less修饰的词语的确要特别注意一样他们的放置位置，因为more&less 既可以做为ADJ也可以作为ADV，所以很容易造成修饰歧义。
举一个例子，less limited water access
这里因为less既可以做adj又可以做adv，所以它修饰的对象，既可以是limited water access也可以是water access，会造成歧义，所以这样子的就一定是错误的

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