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啦啦噜啦啦 · 发表于 2013-7-28 10:36:01

15. Manyexperts regarded the large increase in credit
card borrowing in Marchnot as asign that households
were pressed for cash and forced to borrow, rather a
sign of confidencebvhouseholdsthat thev could
safely handle new debt.

(A) rather a sign of confidence by households thatthey could safely (B) yet as a sign of households' confidence that itwas safe for them to
(C) but a sign ofconfidence byhouseholds that theycould safely
(D) but as a sign that households were confidentthey could safely
(E) but also as a sign that households wereconfident in their ability safely to

我知道可以用平行直接选D。可是我对OG上对AB的解释不理解啊？A. the prepsition by does not express the idea that households are confident. The placement of the restrictive clause that they could safely handle new debt after households could also cause confusion。B.the wording it was safe for them to handle new debt changes the intended meaning, making the households less clearly an agent in the handling.为什么呢？究竟怎么理解呢？

DUKB24 · 发表于 2013-7-28 11:28:07

of + n 强调的是N，就是confidence。但是根据句子的意思来说，我们现在说的sign不是简简单单的一个confidence，而是一个现象，所以选的是D

sign that+clause（这个clause用于解释这个sign的详细意思）

啦啦噜啦啦 · 发表于 2013-7-29 15:01:18

DUKB24 发表于 2013-7-28 11:28
of + n 强调的是N，就是confidence。但是根据句子的意思来说，我们现在说的sign不是简简单单的一个confiden ...

明白啦!!!谢谢大神！

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