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exan · 发表于 2003-10-2 04:49:00

19.The commission acknowledged that no amount of money or staff members can ensure the safety of people who live in the vicinity of a nuclear plant, but it approved the installation because it believed that all reasonable precautions had been taken.
(A) no amount of money or staff members
(B) neither vast amounts of money nor staff members
(C) neither vast amounts of money nor numbers of staff members
(D) neither vast amounts of money nor a large staff
(E) no matter how large the staff or how vast the amount of money

问题：答案D，其它选项可以排除。但不明白D中的a large staff的用法。

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merlion · 发表于 2003-10-2 09:18:00

一点想法， NN指教
staff : A group of military officers
a large staff-> a large group of officies 反正是大量人力的意思

exan · 发表于 2003-10-3 00:52:00

xixi, an interesting explanation.
Thanks!

may1129 · 发表于 2003-12-13 01:24:00

staff is a group noun, can be treated as single as well as plural
same is true as for the 'family', 'tribe'

we say 'a large family', therefore, it's legall to aslo say ' a large staff'

personal opinion, not creditable

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Snazzy · 发表于 2003-12-13 12:31:00

agreed, though

tony6 · 发表于 2004-6-5 11:19:00

OG中关于此题的解释：Choice B does not make clear whether vast amounts is supposed to describe money only or money and staff members, and in choice C it is not certain whether vast modifies amounts only or amounts and numbers.

我的问题是，1。B中有neither......nor来隔开，vast amount应该不会造成歧义呀

2。vast不能修饰可数吗？

蓝色泡泡 · 发表于 2004-6-5 12:36:00

OG中关于此题的解释：Choice B does not make clear whether vast amounts is supposed to describe money only or money and staff members, and in choice C it is not certain whether vast modifies amounts only or amounts and numbers.

我的问题是，1。B中有neither......nor来隔开，vast amount应该不会造成歧义呀

2。vast不能修饰可数吗？

首先:neither ..or..和both ..and.. (加否定)是可以互换的,并不是隔开来的就不会有修饰歧义,进一步说,neither..nor ..与and, or 这类连词是同一层面的,一样会有歧义

另外:这里不是vast不能修饰可数,而是表示many时,只用a large number of 而不会用numbers of ,C中的用法本来就让人误会是在说members的数量(numbers),再有vast修饰就加重了这个歧义,成了members的巨大数量在保证.完全改了原义

tony6 · 发表于 2004-6-5 13:00:00

好详细，谢谢蓝MM，记下了。

tulipmontreal · 发表于 2004-6-6 21:30:00

2楼解释有趣而且在理

其实 A LARGE STAFF是一个习惯表达方式表示一群人在很多文章中都可以看见这样的词

sandiegotj · 发表于 2005-8-17 15:51:00

有一点不太同意7楼的mm

在牛津高阶字典里就有这样的例句：

Considerable numbers of (ie very many) animals have died.

另外在白勇的《语法全解》里面40页的46题也使用了vast numbers of humans来表示很多人

但是c肯定还是不对的，vast的修饰对象不同会有歧义。

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