语法 老prep1 106题

pandrew

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Officials at the United States Mint believe that the Sacagawea dollar coin will be used more as a substitute for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than four quarters, which weigh 5.67 grams each.

(A) more as a substitute for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than   
(B) more as a substitute for four quarters than the dollar bill because it weighs only 8.1 grams, far lighter than
(C) as a substitute for four quarters more than for the dollar bill because it weighs only 8.1 grams, far less than
(D) as a substitute for four quarters more than the dollar bill because its weight of only 8.1 grams is far lighter than it is for
(E) as a substitute more for four quarters rather than for the dollar bill because its weight, only 8.1 grams, is far less than it is for

我选的B，答案选的C。答案说B中有歧义，因为没有把for the dollar bill中的for补充出来。
但是我觉得此处没有歧义，因为Sacagawea本来就是dollar coin，又怎么会成为substitute of dollar bill 呢？相反我理解的B选项的意思就是，这种dollar coin 会被更多地运用成substitute for four quarters，而不是其本身属性的dollar bill（这里没有是不是substitute的意义啊~~）.

求NN指教，我错在哪里~~ 衷心感谢！

拉美

MissSugarW 发表于 2019-8-6 00:58
两个知识点可以解释后半句的比较：
第一：It weighs only 8.1 grams, far less than four quarters.  是主 ...

这个省略结构的补充我同意，但是as a substitute for four quarters more than for the dollar bill because it weighs only 8.1 grams, far less than four quarters（weigh）, which weigh 5.67 grams each.这样补充之后，两个weigh不是重复吗---这样不算重复吗

小目标750

谢谢前面各路大神的分析，好棒！

小目标750

百嗑全输 发表于 2017-3-10 00:01
点赞对第一点的解释。
关于lighter和less，根据后句 - because it weighs only 8.1 grams, far ___ than  ...

同意！               

MissSugarW

两个知识点可以解释后半句的比较：
第一：It weighs only 8.1 grams, far less than four quarters.  是主系表结构的主语比较，因为It 和Quarters两个主语的谓语时态一致不需要补出系动词weigh. ( 关于系动词都包括哪些，大家可以百度）。
以下句子可能更清晰,括号内是省略掉的系动词：
A is lighter than B (is).
A weighs 8.1grams, less than B (weighs).

第二：关于less的使用，less与不可数名词搭配，但有几个名词特殊：hours，dollars，grams等，虽然是可数名词也与less搭配。大家感受一下这几个词的规律，其所指名词time，money，weight客观上是不可数的，而hours，dollars，grams是人为划分的概念。
例：Your sister will be here in less than an hour.
       I will take no less than ten dollars.


以上两点是我在看PREP07、08时看到的，自己又查了一些资料补充，若有错误，请大家指教！

不一样的刘二傻

C 选项中 far less than 修饰的是8.1 grams， 可是后面的对比对象是four quarters. 这两个比较对象不对等吧。 一个是重量 另一个物品

求指导

百嗑全输

lululuna 发表于 2015-6-28 21:21
我也是苦逼被G折磨党，不是大神，一起探讨一下吧；
最早是用第一个理由排除了B项，

点赞对第一点的解释。
关于lighter和less，根据后句 - because it weighs only 8.1 grams, far ___ than - 来体会，假如far ___ than是用来修饰逗号前面的grams，则grams作为量词肯定要用less而不是lighter；假如是用来修饰it，则lighter应离it更近一些避免歧义，因为lighter的感觉一般是sth is lighter这样，大家可以读出来那句话体会下那种感觉。

kira_ke

我也选的B 还是不太懂more than什么时候能拆开，什么时候不能拆开。
以及，
什么时候用less，什么时候用lighter，这个修饰的是紧跟的名词（像which一样）还是修饰主语it？？

emmahiggins09

Priscilla1996 发表于 2017-2-12 17:26
C: Officials at the United States Mint believe that the Sacagawea dollar coin will be used as a subs ...

指代dollar coin 原因在另一个帖子里回复层主了

Priscilla1996

C: Officials at the United States Mint believe that the Sacagawea dollar coin will be used as a substitute for four quarters more than for the dollar bill because it weighs only 8.1 grams, far less than four quarters, which weigh 5.67 grams each.

it 指代dollar bill
far less是修饰 it（dollar bill）将dollar bill和four quaters作比较


请指教……