Officials at the United States Mint believe that the Sacagawea dollar coin will be used more as a substitute for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than four quarters, which weigh 5.67 grams each.
Officials at the United States Mint believe that the Sacagawea dollar coin will be used more as a substitute for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than four quarters, which weigh 5.67 grams each.
(A) more as a substitute for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than
(B) more as a substitute for four quarters than the dollar bill because it weighs only 8.1 grams, far lighter than
(C) as a substitute for four quarters more than for the dollar bill because it weighs only 8.1 grams, far less than
(D) as a substitute for four quarters more than the dollar bill because its weight of only 8.1 grams is far lighter than it is for
(E) as a substitute more for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than it is for
我选的B,答案选的C。答案说B中有歧义,因为没有把for the dollar bill中的for补充出来。
但是我觉得此处没有歧义,因为Sacagawea本来就是dollar coin,又怎么会成为substitute of dollar bill 呢?相反我理解的B选项的意思就是,这种dollar coin 会被更多地运用成substitute for four quarters,而不是其本身属性的dollar bill(这里没有是不是substitute的意义啊~~).
Officials at the United States Mint believe that the Sacagawea dollar coin will be used more as a substitute for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than four quarters, which weigh 5.67 grams each.
(A) more as a substitute for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than
(B) more as a substitute for four quarters than the dollar bill because it weighs only 8.1 grams, far lighter than
(C) as a substitute for four quarters more than for the dollar bill because it weighs only 8.1 grams, far less than
(D) as a substitute for four quarters more than the dollar bill because its weight of only 8.1 grams is far lighter than it is for
(E) as a substitute more for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than it is for
楼主你好,我认为B项的歧义是这样子的
1)Sacagawea dollar coin will be used more as a substitute for four quarters than (as a substitute for ) the dollar bill
S coin 会被用作4个quarters的替代品,而不是被用作一元纸钞的替代品(原句本意)
2) Sacagawea dollar coin will be used more as a substitute for four quartersthanthe dollar bill(will be used as a substitute for four quarters )
S coin会被用作4个quarters的替代品,而不是一元纸钞被用作4个quarter的替代品。(歧义)
同时,B项的错误在后半句也存在
根据逻辑意思," S coin能用作 4 quarters 的替代品,是因为S coin比 4 quarters的重量轻", logically make sens
后半句比较的是 S coin的重量和 4 quarters的重量,但是基于为划线部分给出了 than four quarters, 所以比较的二者应该是it( S coin) 而不是weight=》kill A/D/E
it weighs far less than4 quarters,(定从给出4 quarters的重量)
据此, B项失去了比较的功能,不如C项直接比较简洁明了
C: Officials at the United States Mint believe that the Sacagawea dollar coin will be used as a substitute for four quarters more than for the dollar bill because it weighs only 8.1 grams, far less than four quarters, which weigh 5.67 grams each.
it 指代dollar bill
far less是修饰 it(dollar bill)将dollar bill和four quaters作比较
点赞对第一点的解释。
关于lighter和less,根据后句 - because it weighs only 8.1 grams, far ___ than - 来体会,假如far ___ than是用来修饰逗号前面的grams,则grams作为量词肯定要用less而不是lighter;假如是用来修饰it,则lighter应离it更近一些避免歧义,因为lighter的感觉一般是sth is lighter这样,大家可以读出来那句话体会下那种感觉。