请教OG143,independently from/of 的区别

Lorena

看了半天也没弄明白OG的解释,请高手帮忙用中文指点一下, many............thanks

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

1stzhang

这个题目我选B,independently from/of 的区别不是最关键的,你看看前面

lisony

以下是引用Lorena在2003-9-22 18:11:00的发言：
看了半天也没弄明白OG的解释,请高手帮忙用中文指点一下, many............thanks

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

1）此题主要考rather than的平行；

2）independent from:表示独立于，如：Tom lives independtly from his parents;

     independent of 表示：无关。

dormousedzc

OG说E   While a development may appear to parallel a branch,the logic of the sentence is contradicted by the meaning of this usage,

是什么意思啊,这种用法造成的矛盾之处在哪里呀???

谢谢指教

christy42728

这道题考的是rather than 前后对称，即a branch of the main stem of mammalian evolu­tion rather than a type that developed independently from   如果选 E就成了a branch 和 a development 平行了，显然是逻辑错误

y678

OG 说的答案是B 啊  dormousedzc  看错了吧

Hendy

There are actually at least two other relevant forms: the adjective forms "independent of" and "independent from."

"Independent of" means "not influenced by." Most aid decisions are made independent of academic performance.

"Independent from" means "not reliant on," "politically autonomous from" or "free from." Algeria has been independent from France since 1962. Hmm...you decide which meaning applies there.

娜娜娜Tina

原句想表达的意思是development是从common ancestor来的，但是development的过程中不借助其他外力，因此是independent，但是注意，仍然是和common ancestor有关的；
而c/e表达的意思是，这个development完全就和common ancestor无关了，因此用的是independent of common ancestor