George Washington Carver dedicated his life to the economic strengthening of the South with improvement of soil and diversification of crops.
(A) the economic strengthening of the South with improvement of soil and diversification of crops
(B) strengthening the economy in the South with soil improvement and the diversification of crops
(C) strengthening the economy of the South through soil improvement and crop diversification
(D) the strengthening of the economy of the South through improving soil and crop diversifying
(E) the economic strengthening in the South with improving soil and diversifying crops 正确答案是C。 后来有一点的困惑就是 dedicate sth to sth.的用法 strengthening 明明不是 名词呀~ 求NN解释~
从别的地方(kaomanfen,防止有人要版权)摘过来的,仅供参考。
A. With应该为through
B. With应该为through;soil improvement和diversification of crops结构不平行;in the South与of the South表达的含义不同。
C. 正确。dedicate to sth/doing 奉献 DEDICATE TO DOING/名词 through + 方式(名词结构)
D. Improving soil和crop diversifying不平行,前者为动宾词组(动词性质),后者为名词性质
E. With应该为through;in the South与of the South表达的含义不同。
句子结构:George dedicated his life to (doing) something through A and B. 其中,A和B为结构对称、含义平行的短语结构。
考点: 平行对称(Parallelism), 有效用词(Diction)through A and B, A/B要求形式平行、内容对称。做到了这一平行的选项包括A – improvement of soil and diversification of crops,采用了两个of介词短语、C选项 – soil improvement and crop diversification、以及E选项 – improving soil and diversifying crops,采用两个动名词化的动宾结 构dedicate something to/for something, 此处的to为介词,接名词、动名词、或名词性词组 表示通过某种方式、通过做某事达到某种效果时,多用介词through,with表达的意思不同。
考点: 比较说明 此题的dedicate his life to the economic strengthening, to strengthening the economy, 以及to the strengthening of the economy在语法上均没有绝对的错误,都是可以接受的表达方式。只是相比较就 GMAT"准确、清晰、简洁"这一原则而言,使用能够表示动作含义的to strengthening the economy更 加符合GMAT一贯的精准原则,也就是考生熟知的"动词优于名词"原则。