OG143请教

yanzhe

143. Recently discovered fossil remains strongly suggest that the Australian egg-laying mammals of today are a branch of the main stem of mammalian evolution rather than developing independently from a common ancestor of mammals more than 220 million years ago.
(A)    rather than developing independently from
(B)    rather than a type that developed independently from
(C)    rather than a type whose development was independent of
(D)    instead of developing independently from
(E)    instead of a development that was independent of

In C, the expression a type whose development was independent of a common ancestor states the opposite of the original point_that the type of mammal mentioned was thought to have developed independently of the main stem of mammalian evolution, but still to have descended from a common ancestor.

答案中关于C的解释是什么意思，请nn帮忙解释一下，多谢了！~~

atongmu

顶一下，我也不太明白。

lilyhuang

a type that developed independently from a common ancestor of mammals
从一个共同的哺乳动物独立发展而形成的一类

a type whose development was independent of a common ancestor of mammals
不依赖于一个共同的哺乳动物发展而形成的一类.
So OG explains that choice C violates the original meaning.

atongmu

收到，解释得真清除。多谢！

tony6

I encountered the same problem, and I've understood the explain above but still can't comprehend the explain of 0G.

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tianwan

以下是引用yanzhe在2003-9-4 17:05:00的发言：
143. Recently discovered fossil remains strongly suggest that the Australian egg-laying mammals of today are a branch of the main stem of mammalian evolution rather than developing independently from a common ancestor of mammals more than 220 million years ago.
(A) rather than developing independently from
(B) rather than a type that developed independently from
(C) rather than a type whose development was independent of
(D) instead of developing independently from
(E) instead of a development that was independent of

In C, the expression a type whose development was independent of a common ancestor states the opposite of the original point---that the type of mammal mentioned was thought to have developed independently of the main stem of mammalian evolution, but still to have descended from a common ancestor.

答案中关于C的解释是什么意思，请nn帮忙解释一下，多谢了！~~

偶觉得解释中的that从句修饰the original point。不过不管怎样理解，A和B的意思是一样的。C的意思有所不同。developed independently from的中心词组是developed from，  development was independent of的中心词组是independent of。

tony6

谢谢斑竹。

chasegoal

B中的a type developed independently from a common ancestor of mammals意思是这个type的演化与a common ancestor of mammals完全没有关系，完全是两回事。
C中的a type whose development was independent of a common ancestor 的意思正好相反。C是说这个type的演化独立于the main stem of mammalian evolution（developed independently of the main stem of mammalian evolution，注意这里ETS用的是developed independently of），但未必就与a common ancestor完全没有关系，相反，这个句子的隐含之意是它（TYPE）是从这个共同的祖先演化而来（descended from a common ancestor）。总之，independent of表达的意思是A与B兄弟俩本是同根生，而后，就各奔东西，各自发展去了。

chasegoal

以下是引用lilyhuang在2003-9-5 17:19:00的发言：
a type that developed independently from a common ancestor of mammals
从一个共同的哺乳动物独立发展而形成的一类

a type whose development was independent of a common ancestor of mammals
不依赖于一个共同的哺乳动物发展而形成的一类.
So OG explains that choice C violates the original meaning.

B中的a type developed independently from a common ancestor of mammals意思是这个type的演化与a common ancestor of mammals完全没有关系，完全是两回事。
C中的a type whose development was independent of a common ancestor 的意思正好相反。C是说这个type的演化独立于the main stem of mammalian evolution（developed independently of the main stem of mammalian evolution，注意这里ETS用的是developed independently of），但未必就与a common ancestor完全没有关系，相反，这个句子的隐含之意是它（TYPE）是从这个共同的祖先演化而来（descended from a common ancestor）。总之，independent of表达的意思是A与B兄弟俩本是同根生，而后，就各奔东西，各自发展去了。

quiny

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