OG166

atongmu

166. The prime lending rate is a key rate in the economy: not only are the interest rates on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses tied to the prime, but also on a growing number of consumer loans, including home equity loans.
(A)    not only are the interest rates on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses tied to the prime, but also on
(B)    tied to the prime are the interest rates not only on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses, but also on
(C)    the interest rates not only on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses are tied to the prime, but also
(D)    not only the interest rates on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses are tied to the prime, but also on
(E)    the interest rates are tied to the prime, not only on most loans to small and medium-sized businesses, but also

请问tie to the prime在这里是什么成分？为何可以作为主语？

gemj

tied to the prime不是主语，主语是the interest rates。这个句子是倒装句。正常语序是：the interest rates…are tied to the prime (lending rate)。因为主语后面有复杂的修饰成份，所以被后置了。

[此贴子已经被作者于2003-9-9 18:38:52编辑过]

atongmu

清楚了，多谢！

cranberry

借用一下阿童木的帖子，继续问，按OG的解释，C/E两个选项只缺少了on，是不是增加了on就可以了呢？感觉还是会有歧义的。

cranberry

怎么没人理睬呢？自己顶上来

agk99

看了Gemj，才知道這題原來是這麼寫的，以前只是用on來解題，真是只知其一不知其二呀

但cranberry的說法，我覺得加了on還是沒有辦法像B的原句那麼漂亮，not only, but also 是補充形容the interest rate，最後再接"are tied to the prime", CE還原後還是會有歧異

qiandonkey

请问一下gemj及其他的nn, B为何要倒装，是因为not only的缘故吗？但窃以为，此处的not only是连带on做状语修饰，这也需要倒装吗？谢谢！

junehi

以下是引用qiandonkey在2005-3-18 10:50:00的发言：

请问一下gemj及其他的nn, B为何要倒装，是因为not only的缘故吗？但窃以为，此处的not only是连带on做状语修饰，这也需要倒装吗？谢谢！

同上，我一直认为not only 在句首需要倒装，这里也需要倒装吗？谢谢！！！！

薰衣紫草

需要.

smartcoco

以下是引用qiandonkey在2005-3-18 10:50:00的发言：
请问一下gemj及其他的nn, B为何要倒装，是因为not only的缘故吗？但窃以为，此处的not only是连带on做状语修饰，这也需要倒装吗？谢谢！

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