[求助]GWD27-18

nolanola

不明白的是，A中enable所谓的主语，能执行enable吗？

还是觉得C中用 be able to do 比较合适。

yzhao26

up

Norgar

芝麻开门

wikeypig

上来参与讨论，还请大牛纠正有错之处：）

The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft will orbit the asteroid Eros for a year, slowly moving closer to the surface of the object to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.

 c (主句1）spacecraft will orbit AE, (状语）moving closer to the surface for making...measurements, and (主句2）scientists hope that they will be able to

＊考点1：介词表目的：

   For后跟名词、动名词:I do that for you. 

  To后跟动词原型:I go there to meet my friend. 

  So that后跟从句

＊考点2：指代：

  them 指代不清, 逻辑不对 measurements will enable them还是scientists will enable them

＊考点3：固定搭配：

  enable sb to do something

＊考点4：简洁：

  with the purpose of  罗嗦
   In order to 罗嗦

＊考点5：句子不完整

and which

1. to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to (1.them 指代不清, 逻辑不对 measurements will enable them还是scientists will enable them 2. 后面一长串全是状语？）

2. to make ever more and more precise measurements, which scientists are hoping to enable them （more and more 改变句义，enable sb to do something）

3. for making ever more precise measurements, and scientists hope that they will be able to

4. with the purpose of making more precise measurements than ever, and which scientists hope will enable them to （with the purpose of  罗嗦，and which 错，句子不完整）

5. in order to make more precise measurements than it ever did, and scientists are hoping they will be able to （In order to =to 罗嗦,than it ever did 罗嗦）

[此贴子已经被作者于2009/7/31 7:56:31编辑过]

VeniceBingo

还是晕!

mars_cheung

应该选 A

scientists hope 是一个插入语，因此不存在 run-on 的问题。类似的例子前人也提出过，不再赘述。而且我觉得因为这个插入语存在，所以才使 them 的指代不发生歧义，如果去掉这个插入语，就必须用 scientists 来代替 them。而且，如果插入语被逗号分隔，同样会引致歧义，因此这里不用逗号是最好的表达。

C 从语法上是完全可以接受的，to do 和 for doing 在这里不构成对与错的差别。但 C 将两个分句的逻辑联系完全割裂，完全改变句意，这是不能被接受的。而且这也是 ETS 偏向的一种考法——逻辑为王。

最后， C 还有一个比较令人费解的表达 will be able to，很怀疑这种表达的正确性。will 与 be able to 有重复之嫌。

dengyichao

支持A

alisaxu

此题讨论跨越这么多年啊，究竟是那个答案捏？后来的NN们有结论没有？鄙人语法太烂，看了前面的讨论都晕了

elsazmc

以下是引用gonghao在2006-5-29 14:51:00的发言：
个人看法
A不好
解释如下：slowly moving closer to the surface of the object to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to
understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.
这里的that似乎是修饰的是measurements
则会有一下两种情况：
1.that从句的结构：【that scientists hope will enable them to understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.】来修饰measurements，这样的句子显然是错的，
（a）. 意思不对“科学家希望会使得他们冕宁百40亿年前太阳系是怎么形成的这样的一个精确的测量”
这句话的意思,我是这么理解的:
              NEAR太空船将饶小行星E的轨道一年,慢慢得靠近E表面以作更精确的测量,科学家希望这个测量能使他们知道太阳系在40亿年前是怎样形成的.
      所以我觉得意思上没什么不对的!

（b）. hope和will在意思上有重复
关于这点,C中也是hope will 的用法;
       而且hope表希望,理应用将来时的啊,这里没什么错吧
（c）. hope will enable说不通，直接就scientists hope to understand 。。。即可
2.that从句的结构：：【that scientists hope 】will enable them to understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.即主语是measurements；是科学家hope的measurements，但是后面的will显得莫名，应该是to enable them to。。。。。。。。才正确
   C令人感觉前后不连冠，但是没什么错
个人感觉要是C的前半句用不定式会更加好一点，表目的更加明确
其实，我不能确定Ａ，是因为，我想知道宾语从句修饰名词的时候，比如本句的measurements,宾语从句的that可不可以省略
slowly moving closer to the surface of the object to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope that（这里的that要不要加呢）will enable them to
understand how the solar system formed some four billion years ago.
本句的正常语序应该是　scientists hope that the measurements will enable them to ...
请指教！

-- by 会员 quanner (2006/5/29 19:54:00)

个人认为to make ever more precise measurements that scientists hope will enable them to
scientists hope 是插入语
that will enable them to...是修饰前面measurements的，关系代词that作后面从句的主语，没有什么错，但不好理解
而C的for making确实不如to make好。

911cai

this should be A.

A.------"ever more..." is an acceptable idiomatic expression. its meaning is roughly the same as that of "increasingly" or "more and more".
in fact, "ever more" is the BEST way to write this. see "extra credit", below.

"scientists hope" is interjected here in much the same way as "i think" would. (i have NO IDEA what the name of this sort of construction is ... sorry)
example:
here is a dish that i think will please your palate.
...has the same grammar as
here is a dish that will please your palate.

* "them" refers to "scientists". (if you actually omitted "scientists hope", then you would have to replace "them" by "scientists".)

B. -----* REDUNDANCY: you can't combine 2 idioms that mean the same thing.
you say EITHER "ever more" OR "more and more", but not both.
this is a common theme on the gmat. i've also seen other examples of the same thing, such as "both X and also Y".

* "measurements, which scientists are hoping to enable them" doesn't make sense. you're trying to give "enable" 2 different objects: "measurements, which" and "them".
example:
i am hoping to HIT it --> "it" = object of "hit"
...the ball, which i am hoping to HIT" --> "ball, which" = object of "hit"
...the ball, which i am hoping to HIT it" --> nonsense; you can't have a double object.

C.------ * "for making" is not idiomatic. this should be the infinitive "to make".

* the "and" connector is inappropriate here. if you use "and" like this, then you're implying that there are two ENTIRELY SEPARATE things going on: (a) the spacecraft is hanging around making measurements, and (b) scientists hope one day that blah blah blah.
these are clearly connected, so, "and" is inappropriate.

D.------ * not parallel.
you can't place a prepositional phrase (with the purpose of...) in parallel with a relative-pronoun clause (which ...).

E.------ in order to make more precise measurements than it ever did, and scientists are hoping they will be able to

same problem with "and" as in (c).
also unacceptably wordy / awkward.

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