GWD-9-26 请教一下like和such as 到底是什么差别？

luciole

GWD-9-Q26:
Growing evidence that coastal erosion occurs continuously, not in just such calamitous bursts like hurricanes, has led scientists and planners to urge a stringent new approach to limiting development along the nation’s shoreline.

A.    coastal erosion occurs continuously, not in just such calamitous bursts like hurricanes, has
B.    coastal erosion occurs continuously, not just in calamitous bursts such as hurricanes, has
C.    coastal erosion is continuously occurring, not in just calamitous bursts like hurricanes, having
D.    there is continuous coastal erosion, not just in calamitous bursts such as hurricanes, which has
E.    there is continuous coastal erosion occurring, not in just such calamitous bursts like hurricanes, has

这道题第一感觉其实选了B，结果B也是正确答案，但是我选择的原因是做了很多次such as ，like混淆在一起的题目，基本上都没有选like的，好像Gmat题目里such as用作举例就是最好的，但是我突然想到一个问题，such as举例难道没有数量限制么，我记得such as的举例应该是两个或以上的啊，一个也可以么？这里like的使用是不是因为会造成把hurricane比作burst的歧义所以不对呢？
求NN指点，这道题目也没在讨论的集中贴里面找到！谢谢！

wangzhuo422

like不举例，你记住这个就行了

luciole

这个也的确好像是这样，但这里也可以表达像这个意思啊，本身像不也是一种举例么？
such as后面只有一个例子的我这里是第一次见，用它举例后面不带数量限制么？我总觉得like作为像也是一种举例，而且通常就是一个，gmat里面很多like unlike这样子打头的句子，都是表示一种像.....一样这种意思，当然和举例还是不一样，但放在这道题目里参考，我觉得也可以啊。。。

wangzhuo422

like 在GMAT语法里不举例，唯一的意思就是“像”，举例的意思为“是”，其他的还可以是，it's likely that和be likely to

luciole

自己顶一下，期待同道中人解答一下啊，谢谢！