[SC悬赏令] 同学转给我的我也做错了求大神讲解

jessiejcjsjz

1. A thoroughly frightened child was seen by her covering in the corner of the room. (全句下划线）
A.  A thoroughly frightened child was seen by her covering in the corner of the room.
B. Cowering in the corner of the room, a thoroughly frightened child was seen by her.
C. She saw, cowering in the corner of the room, a thoroughly frightened child.
D. A thoroughly frightened child, cowering in the corner of the room, was seen by her.
E. She saw a thoroughly frightened child who was cowering in the corner of the room.

C

bryant92

这个题目好奇怪，she都没有指代对象

Anyway, 我觉得应该选E吧。句意是她看见了一个小孩蜷缩在角落

没有一个合适的理由一定要用被动形式。
A：covering in the corner of the room像是修饰her的，有歧义；被动形式不好
B：没有语法错误，消除了A的歧义，但仍是被动形式，不好
C：cowering in the corner of the room变成了修饰she, 或者说解释前面clause的动作，不是原句intended meaning
D：消除了C句中的错误，cowering修饰了child，但仍是被动形式
E是没有歧义的，且为主动形式

cowering in the corner of the room应该是修饰a thoroughly frightened child的吧

jessiejcjsjz

bryant92 发表于 2014-9-15 13:21
这个题目好奇怪，she都没有指代对象

Anyway, 我觉得应该选E吧。句意是她看见了一个小孩蜷缩在角落

哎呀 我们也觉得应该是E ，但是答案是C 感觉这样的用法很奇怪，晚点我去问下我同学到底是哪本书上来的 多谢你的详细分析！

bryant92

jessiejcjsjz 发表于 2014-9-15 15:13
哎呀 我们也觉得应该是E ，但是答案是C 感觉这样的用法很奇怪，晚点我去问下我同学到底是哪本书上来的 多 ...

如果是C的话，语法上也对的。意思就是“她蜷缩在角落里，看到了一个害怕的小孩”，但感觉也可以理解成“她看见了一个蜷缩在角落里的小孩”;

如果根据划线部分理解，似乎还真有可能intended meaning是“一个害怕的小孩被蜷缩在角落里的她看到”，这样的话还真有可能选C...