og 里一道让人困惑的问题

medusasally

The extraordinary diary of William Lyon Mackenzie King，prime minister of Canada for over twenty years，revealed that this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic guided in both public and private life by omens，messages received at séances，and signs from heaven．
(A)  that this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic guided in both public and
(B)  that this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic and also guided both in public as well as
(C)  this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic and that he was guided in both public and
(D)  this most bland and circumspect of men was a mystic and that he was guided In both public as well as
(E)  this most bland and circumspect of men to have been a mystic and that he guided himself both in public as well as
想请问各位牛人，答案为什么是A, this most bland and circumspect of men 是什么意思？ 为什么形容词会跟of men, men 还是复数形式？

hughlv

为什么选A可以用排除法快速得出：因为reveal后跟的是一个完整的句子所以要用that引导，排除CDE。而B中的both ... as well as .. 的搭配不符要求，因此也被排除。

至于lz问的则可以认为是一种固定搭配，比如：the best of men就是最佳男人的意思，后面跟复数形式是因为表示的在一个群体中推选的意思。因此这里 the most bland and circumspect of men就是男人中最温和细心的那个。

ellie78

...不过我答你的帖子没答到眼上，呵呵

ellie78

是选A
但鄙人解这题的题眼不在这。首先reveal接宾从，that不能少——毙掉CDE，然后"both...and..."选出A