og141以前贴子中没讨论过的一个小问题

141. Unlike transplants between identical twins, whose genetic endowment is the same, all patients receiving hearts or other organs must take antirejection drugs for the rest of their lives.

(A)  Unlike transplants between identical twins, whose genetic endowment is the same

(B)  Besides transplants involving identical twins with the same genetic endowment

(C)  Unless the transplant involves identical twins ,who have the same genetic endowment

(D)  Aside from a transplant between identical twins with the same genetic endowment

(E)   Other than transplants between identical twins, whose genetic endowment is the same

In A and B, the phrases beginning Unlike... and Besides... modify patients, the subject of the main clause; thus A absurdly states that Unlike transplants ..., patients... must take ... drugs, and B that all patients except for transplants... must take ... drugs. In B and D the expression identical twins with the same genetic endowment wrongly suggests that only some identical twin pairs are genetically identical. In E, the construction Other than transplants..., all patients ... must take... drugs illogically suggests, as in B, that some patients are transplants. Choice C, the best answer, solves these problems by using a clause introduced by Unless to describe the exception to the rule and a nonrestrictive clause beginning with who to describe the characteristic attributed to all identical twins.

今天第n遍看这题,又发现新问题,想当没看见,因为时间太紧了可想了想还是不能放过

我觉得a中的whose genetic endowment 谓语是不是应该用are?og解释并没有用这点排除a,但我认为也是错误之一

因为whose的先行词是twins双胞胎的endowment应该是复数的

而且endowment根据longman是作为天资是可数的[countable] a natural quality or ability that someone has

因为手头没有更详细的字典,我想知道endowment的复数是endowments还是与单数相同?

快考了,请nn帮忙

急

以下是引用running在2005-12-14 12:29:00的发言：
endowments

谢谢,终于有人理我了,开心

顺便问一下哈,你是从哪查到的?出处?那本字典啦

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=endowment

Main Entry: en·dow·ment
Function: noun
1 : the act or process of endowing
2 : a result or product of endowing: as a : the income of an institution derived from donations <the university's ability to attract endowment> b : the property (as a fund) donated to an institution or organization that is invested and producing income <an endowment to maintain the gallery>
3 : an endowed organization or institution : FOUNDATION <chairwoman of the state's arts endowment>
4 : ENDOWMENT INSURANCE

Source: Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.

endowment

n 1: natural qualities or talents [syn: gift, talent, natural endowment] 2: the capital that provides income for an institution [syn: endowment fund] 3: the act of endowing with a permanent source of income; "his generous endowment of the laboratory came just in the nick of time"

[countable] a natural quality or ability that someone has [uncountable and countable] a sum of money given to a college, hospital etc to provide it with an income, or the act of giving this money

朗文里面讲滴~~~~很清楚的说~~~~

got it

Unlike transplants between identical twins, whose genetic endowment is the same如果endowment在此处需要加考虑单复数,那么C选项似乎也值得商榷.WHO的先行词同样是TWINS. Unless the transplant involves identical twins ,who have the same genetic endowment

再次lost.