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可预约的雪mm

Result of a Uinted States study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine have shown college-educated women and women living in the South and West to be significantly more likely to be using supplemental hormones as women living in the Northeast and Midwest.

(A) college-educated women and women living in the South and West to be significantly more likelyto be using supplemental hormones as women living

(B) college-educated women and women living in the South and West as significantly more likely to use supplemental hormones than if they are living

(C) college-educated women and those living in the South and West being significantly more likely

to use supplemental hormones than if they lived

(D) that college-educated women and women who live in the South and West are significantly more likely to be using supplemental hormones as were women that lived

(E) that college-educated women and women living in the South and West are significantly more likely to use supplemental hormones than women living

答案是E，我想问的是在E选项中，more than比较结构，后面的women living in the Northeast and Midwest,为什么不需要带are，如果是像E选项里面的用法，不会是认为是supplemental hormones在和women比较么？

可预约的雪mm

不用加，往往加助动词的原因是因为为了明确是 主语与主语之间的比较，但是这道题，显然不会发生语意上的歧义，所以是没必要加的，因为在语义上 college-educated women and women  are more likely to use A than women living in the Northeast and Midwest, 不可能理解成 women use A 比 use 另外一个地区的women 多吧。。这样逻辑意思太离谱了，所以不加完全不会造成歧义的。

另外 D 加了助动词，虽然不错，但是它的助动词是were 不是are ，时态错误了。。因为不是在比较两个不同时期的women ，而是在比较同一时期但在不同地方的women。

hope it helps~

-- by 会员 jameshzd (2011/7/16 21:50:28)

哦~~明白啦明白啦！！谢谢！！

jameshzd

不用加，往往加助动词的原因是因为为了明确是 主语与主语之间的比较，但是这道题，显然不会发生语意上的歧义，所以是没必要加的，因为在语义上 college-educated women and women  are more likely to use A than women living in the Northeast and Midwest, 不可能理解成 women use A 比 use 另外一个地区的women 多吧。。这样逻辑意思太离谱了，所以不加完全不会造成歧义的。

另外 D 加了助动词，虽然不错，但是它的助动词是were 不是are ，时态错误了。。因为不是在比较两个不同时期的women ，而是在比较同一时期但在不同地方的women。

hope it helps~

可预约的雪mm

各位NN帮帮我吧。。。顶顶顶