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楼主
发表于 2009-8-12 02:13:00 | 只看该作者

求助两道语法题

1. Some psychiatic studies indicate that among distinguished artists the rates of (manic depression and major-depression are ten to thirteen times as prevalent as in) the population at large. 

正确答案: manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times more prevalent than in 

2. on the Great Plains, nineteenth-century (settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, doing it without timber and nails.) 

正确答案: settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, making do without 


两个正确答案都搞不懂为什么正确, 
第一个为什么去掉 the rates of 呢?
第二个 making do without 是什么意思啊?是怎么一个结构呢?

谢谢

沙发
发表于 2009-8-12 02:22:00 | 只看该作者
1. Some psychiatic studies indicate that among distinguished artists the rates of (manic depression and major-depression are ten to thirteen times as prevalent as in) the population at large. 

正确答案: manic depression and major depression are ten to thirteen times more prevalent than in 
同问 比较弱智的问一句 是不是因为major-depression中间的那个横杠根本是不需要的?

2. on the Great Plains, nineteenth-century (settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, doing it without timber and nails.) 

正确答案: settlers used mud and grass to build their homes, making do without 
()中错在it指代 it试图去指代前面整个事情
make do是固定搭配 见Longman中解释
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make do
to manage with the things that you have, even though this is not really enough
I hardly had any food in the house so I just had to make do.
make do with/without
I usually make do with a cup of coffee for breakfast.
For many people, make do and mend (=when someone manages with the things they have and does not buy anything new) was a harsh reality.

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