OG31 的另一个问题（decline的用法）

chronotrigger

31. Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, there is a disinclination on the part of many people to recognize the degree to which their analytical skills are weak.

(A)  Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, there is a disinclination on the part of many people to recognize the degree to which their analytical skills are weak.

(B)  Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, which they admit they lack, many people are disinclined to recognize that their analytical skills are weak.

(C)  Unlike computer skills or other technical skills, analytical skills bring out a disinclination in many people to recognize that they are weak to a degree.

(D)  Many people, willing to admit that they lack computer skills or other technical skills, are disinclined to recognize that their analytical skills are weak.

(E)   Many people have a disinclination to recognize the weakness of their analytical skills while willing to admit their lack of computer skills or other technical skills.

正确答案是D。

关于E选项里while willing 和 admit to 的错误，看过以前各位的讨论了，没问题。

但是找不到关于decline的相关讨论。

我做这道题时，在D/E间犹豫了一下，选了E，因为我把D里面"are declined to"看作被动用法，句子的意思变成了"decline many people to recognize"，显然是错的。

根据ETS的解释，be declined to 的用法是正确的，但是字典上找不到。

对于"不愿意"的例子，如下：

I declined to comment on camera.

望各位指点。

[此贴子已经被作者于2005-8-2 17:04:05编辑过]

爱无伤

是disinclined而不是lz所想的declined

disinclined是形容词。

chronotrigger

一句话点醒梦中人，我太粗心了。

多谢指点！