By law, a qualified physician can only prescribe medicine, protecting the pubic.>>
(A) By law, a qualified physician can only prescribe medicine, protecting the pubic.
(B) By law, only a qualified physician can prescribe medicine, protecting the public.
(C) By law, only a qualified physician can prescribe medicine which protect the pubic.
(D) In order to protect the public, by law a qualified physician only can prescribe medicine.
(E) In order to protect the public, by law only a qualified physician can prescribe medicine.
本题的答案值得商榷(因为给的答案未必标准,毕竟不是ets给的):
(1) 原文中,用的是protecting the pubic.在此只能是结果壮语。而答案E将结果状语改为目的状语,更改了原意。
(2) 答案E有歧义。by law only可以理解为,只有按照法律规定。E可以有如下两种翻译
(a) 为了保护公众,法律规定只有有资格的人才能开药(by law ,only a qualified physician can prescribe medicine.)。
(b) 为了保护公众,仅仅按照法律,有资格的人能开药(by law only ,a qualified physician can prescribe medicine.似乎是说,还有不按法律也有有资格的开药的人)。
另外,E还有一个缺点,就是in order to 。如果不定式在句首,就已经表示目的了。用in order to显得有些啰嗦。
所以,我觉得,B更好些。
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