請幫忙討論這題語法題 感激~~~

changichun

Reptiles, by drawing their body heat directly from the Sun rather than burning calories to generate it, can survive on ten percent of the nourishment that a mammal of similar size would normally require

A: rather than burning calories to generate it

B: rather than the generation of body heat by burning calories

C: and not from generating it by burning calories

D: instead of by burning calories for generating it

E: instead of body heat generated by burning calories

請問~~~這一題A 跟 B哪一個答案比較好呢???

wycg

哪个都不好

orange2005

根据“形式对称优先”的原则，选A最佳。前后都用-ing形式；而且，前面有个by，可以和后面的buring完美结合，by burning...，“通过燃烧...”。
Reptiles, by drawing their body heat directly from the Sun rather than burning calories to generate it, can survive on ten percent of the nourishment that a mammal of similar size would normally require.

如果选B的话，这个by和后面的the generation of body heat by burning calories一结合，变成by the generation of body heat by burning calories，用了2个by，显得累赘了，表达不如A简洁。

changichun

你是說~~~這裡面沒有正確答案嗎???

orange2005

以下是引用changichun在2006-2-24 17:21:00的发言：

你是說~~~這裡面沒有正確答案嗎???

my God，发贴的速度这么快！也不先刷新一下就fire a second question，佩服佩服。。。呵呵。。。

changichun

謝謝說明啦~~~俺了解囉!!

不好意思啊!!

俺快要考試啦~~~心理很著急嘛!!