[求助]GWD-8-32

Q32

At the annual stockholders meeting, investors heard a presentation on the numerous challenges facing the company, including among them the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollar paten-infringement suit and the declining sales for the company’s powerful microprocessor chip.

A.      including among them the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollar paten-infringement suit and the declining sales for

B.      which includes the threats of a rival’s multibillion-dollar paten-infringement suit and declining sales of

C.      included among these the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollar paten-infringement suit as well as a decline in sales for

D.     among them the threat of a rival’s multibillion-dollar paten-infringement suit and the decline in sales of

E.      among these the threat from a rival’s multibillion-dollar paten-infringement suit as well as the decline in sales of

虽然通过排除，选择D。但是感觉D的用法还是有点怪怪的。

challenges..., 介词(among) + 代词（them）＋两项列举

这属于什么结构呀？

不解中，请指点！多谢！

D中among them是作同位修饰作用的，them指代challenges；among them A and B可以理解为：A and B among them；

A错在including无论是修饰主句(语法上应该修饰主句)还是就近名词company都不合理，而且include / among语义重复；

B错在定从指代company错；

C错同A，且these不能单独指代；

E错在these不能单独指代；

此外，the declining sale是不精确的表达，通常被the decline in sale取代；其他的小错误，如：threat from不复合习惯，and/as well as的区别，还有C中a decline in中的a使用不当。

Storener,  you are such an expert!! You really have gotten very sharp eyes!!!

I agree 介词(among) + 代词（them）＋两项列举  同位Yu

In addtion, I would like to add: among them, not among these

我觉得这里A中的among them A and B不是同位语，是独立主格----among them A and B相当于A and B among them（因为A，B太长了，所以移到后面去），是名词+介词形式的独立主格。

请指正。

"谢谢stoneren解惑，记下了。不过我还是不很明白：如果是challenges的同位语，就应该等同于challenges，而不应该是sth among challeges."

这里就是等同于challenges, 只是challenges中的2中，所以among them.

石兄：LONGMAN的例句

threat from

According to the Secretary of State, the Russians face no threat from an expanded NATO.

He says his family received phone threats from the group.

另外，我觉得the sales for 应该是错的。

请指教。