OG verbal 分册 19

白冬冬

OG verbal 分册

19. The personal income tax did not become permanent in the United States until the First World War; before that time the federal government was dependent on tariffs to be their main source of revenue.

A)the federal government was dependent on tariffs to be their main source of revenue

B)the federal government had dependent on tariffs as its main source of revenue

C)tariffs were what the federal government was dependent on to be its main source of revenue

D)the main source of revenue for the federal government was dependent on tariffs

E)for the main source of revenue ,tariffs were dependent on by the federal government

OG 对错误选项 D的解释只有：source as the subject of the verb was is nonsensical.

表示不能理解。。。望打击一下我这个chinglish的思路

白冬冬

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医生吃鱼

把D选项中的句子简化一下，得出核心结构是： source was dependent on tariffs.

dependent on的意思是依靠。

而source（作主语）依靠关税，这句话就算用中文讲也不通吧？

该题中正确的句意应是：政府依靠关税。

白冬冬

医生吃鱼 发表于 2016-3-24 00:26
把D选项中的句子简化一下，得出核心结构是： source was dependent on tariffs.

dependent on的意思是依靠 ...

明了，政府依靠关税，不是（主要收入）来源依靠关税OG就是这个意思
感谢！

医生吃鱼

白冬冬 发表于 2016-3-24 05:36
明了，政府依靠关税，不是（主要收入）来源依靠关税OG就是这个意思
感谢！
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