求一道语法题目

lanxiner01 · 发表于 2011-3-9 13:25:56

Not all employment selection mechanisms that have a “disparate effect,” that is, that screens out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate to their presence in the relevant labor market, are unlawful.
(A) that is, that screens out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate to
(B) which means, that screens out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate with
(C) which means, that screen out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate with
(D) that is, that screen out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate to
(E) that is, that screens out a percentage of minorities or women disproportionate with

为什么是D 啊

yanxihua00 · 发表于 2011-3-9 14:27:28

"disaproportionate to "means 不成比例的，exclude the answer of BCE,then, the differences betweem A and D lies in the "screen' or "screens", but in my point of view, the anwer'A" is correct,because the modifer is "effect' not the mechanishms...................now , i am confused virtually, call for help

lanxiner01 · 发表于 2011-3-9 20:53:47

confused

cocoloop · 发表于 2011-3-9 22:30:37

关键是区分that is之后的从句是修饰effect还是mechanisms.倾向于选择mechanisms,原因有三：第一，that is是插入语，“即...”,如果从句修饰effect，不需要加that is多此一举，定语从句本身就是对先行词的解释说明嘛；第二，插入语相对独立可以去掉，两个定语从句连在一起显得很冗长；第三，从意思上看，that is前后两个从句是并列关系，说的是一回事，但前者（have a disparate effect）比较抽象，怕读者不理解，又在后面加了一个从句具体解释这些机制运行的结果.

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