以下是引用gemj在2003-11-5 11:51:00的发言: 896. Unlike other arachnids, which have their nerve cells evenly distributed along their bodies, the scorpion’s nerve cells are clustered in its head, like a mammal’s. (A) bodies, the scorpion’s nerve cells are clustered in its head, like a mammal’s (B) bodies, the scorpion’s head had a cluster of nerve cells, as a mammal does (C) body, the scorpion has a cluster of nerve cells in its head, as a mammal does (D) body, nerve cells are clustered in the scorpion’s head, like a mammal’s(C) (E) body, a cluster of nerve cells is in the scorpion’s head, like a mammal’s 为何不是复数their bodies?
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这种复数代词带单数名词的用法英语并不少见,表达的意思就是每一个 例:Despite age or weight, most judge their body size good enough. 这里的用body表示大多数人都认为各自的身材不错。
所以原文要表达的是这些神经细胞平均分布在这些蜘蛛纲类动物各自的身体里。
从数学的角度可能更容易理解 有两组人各为A:10人 B:20人 现在分苹果 每组30个苹果 那么各自平均分就是A组每人三个苹果 B组每人一个半 而全部平均分每个人则是两个 有差别。
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