OG145仍不明白

tigerlulu74

most state constitutions now mandate that the state budget be balanced each year.

A. mandate that the state budget be balanced each year

B. mandate the state budget to be balanced

C. mandate that the state budget will be balanced

D. have a mandate for a balanced state budget

E. have a mandate to balance the state budget

og解释：neither have a mandate for a balanced...budget nor have a mandate to balance the...budget makes clear that the requirement is made by the constitution.

constitution 都是 have a mandate 的发出者，怎么会不清楚这个requirement是由constitution发出的呢？

以下是引用tianwan在2004-4-21 8:40:00的发言：

have a mandate :可能这个mandate是别人发出。

但是不是只有在：have sth. done 结构中，done 才是别人发出的吗？在这怎么看出是别人发出的呢？

御风行

have a mandate: could be have a mandate (required by somebody else)

how can yo ube sure that "constitution 都是 have a mandate 的发出者"???

have a mandate is different from have sth. done, because mandate here is a noun instead of a verb

tigerlulu74

Thank njty!

But the subject in the sentence is "most state constitutions " and the verb+object is "have a mandate", why do you said

have a mandate: could be have a mandate (required by somebody else)

how can yo ube sure that "constitution 都是 have a mandate 的发出者"???

I still don't understand. Could yu explan the details for me?

Thank you very much!

xuanchen

A is clearer compared with E since A has a subject. E needs a logical subject to make the sentense clearer

tigerlulu74

Thank Xuanchen for response!

But In E,"have" is a vt.verb(极物动词），it means “有，持有”，its subject is most state constitutions. It is very clear that the constitutions have the mandate!

I don't know why it said that "have a mandate :可能这个mandate是别人发出。"