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！

lululuna

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

楼主你好，我认为B项的歧义是这样子的
1）Sacagawea dollar coin will be used more as a substitute for four quarters than (as a substitute for ) the dollar bill
    S coin 会被用作4个quarters的替代品，而不是被用作一元纸钞的替代品（原句本意）
2） Sacagawea dollar coin will be used more as a substitute for four quartersthanthe dollar bill(will be used as a substitute for four quarters )
   S coin会被用作4个quarters的替代品，而不是一元纸钞被用作4个quarter的替代品。（歧义）

同时，B项的错误在后半句也存在
     根据逻辑意思，" S coin能用作 4 quarters 的替代品，是因为S coin比 4 quarters的重量轻"， logically make sens
     后半句比较的是 S coin的重量和 4 quarters的重量，但是基于为划线部分给出了 than four quarters， 所以比较的二者应该是it( S coin) 而不是weight=》kill A/D/E
       it weighs far less than4 quarters,(定从给出4 quarters的重量）
   据此， B项失去了比较的功能，不如C项直接比较简洁明了
   
open to discussion

pandrew

lululuna 发表于 2015-6-24 12:09
Officials at the United States Mint believe that the Sacagawea dollar coin will be used more as a su ...

首先感谢lululuna大神的耐心回复，抱歉我才看到....><
其次，第一个歧义的解释心服口服！
疑问还在第二点，BC选项后半截的唯一区别是一个用的less（可以修饰名词weight和动词weigh，这里大神你的意思是修饰S coin吗？很奇怪....)，另一个用的lighter（可以直接修饰S coin），所以后半截是S coin 与 4 Q在比较成立，那么不更应该B正确吗？？

lululuna

pandrew 发表于 2015-6-28 14:48
首先感谢lululuna大神的耐心回复，抱歉我才看到....><
其次，第一个歧义的解释心服口服！
疑问还在第二点 ...

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，

B项其实后半句比较这块，我也有些模糊，不是很清楚比较的是 it 和 4 quarters，还是 8.1grams和4 quarters，感觉light用来比较its weight和 4 quarters 的weight更合适，
加上前半句比较歧义的 部分，所以我把它排除了；

C项，用的是less， 因为8 grams是复数，less不用于比较countable noun，所以明确了less than比较的二者是it 和 4 quarters；

这个point我也不是特别有把握，坐等大神。

pandrew

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，

嗯嗯，仅看第一点就选C了，坐等大神解疑后半截

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……

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

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？？

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。

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