[求助]OG-SC-31, two questions?

remeo

刚刚又看到了这个例子，发现此题A，B，C都犯了和上面E选项同样的错，把宾语的中心都放在了一个并不能完全表达句子原来意思的名词上，没有宾语从句表达那么effective，再仔细体会一下。

Building large new hospitals in the bistate area would constitute a wasteful use of resources, on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone.
(A) on the basis of avoidance of duplicated facilities alone
(B) on the grounds of avoiding duplicated facilities alone
(C) solely in that duplicated facilities should be avoided
(D) while the duplication of facilities should be avoided
(E) if only because the duplication of facilities should be avoided

listensnow_xk

Firstly, thanks all XJDMs to reply my question.

Secondly, remeo, is the right andswer (D) while the duplication of facilities should be avoided?

sbbi

but i still want to know whether "while willing" itself is correct. anyone?

gemj

admit (that)表示ACCEPT TRUTH。
admit to (doing) something则表示ACCEPT BLAME
本题从意思上来说是ACCEPT BLAME，所以用admit to，而不用admit。见下面的解释（LONGMAN2003）
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ACCEPT TRUTH;
[intransitive and transitive]to agree unwillingly that something is true or that someone else is right
'Okay, so maybe I was a little bit scared,' Jenny admitted.
admit (that)
You may not like her, but you have to admit that she's good at her job.
admit to somebody (that)
Paul admitted to me that he sometimes feels jealous of my friendship with Stanley.
I must admit , I didn't actually do anything to help her. Admit it! I'm right, aren't I?
admit (to) doing something
Dana admitted feeling hurt by what I had said.
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ACCEPT BLAME;
[intransitive and transitive]to say that you have done something wrong, especially something criminal
admit doing something
Greene admitted causing death by reckless driving.
admit to (doing) something
A quarter of all workers admit to taking time off when they are not ill.After questioning, he admitted to the murder.
No organization has admitted responsibility for the bombing.

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gemj

while doing的用法是有的，见下例。但为何while willing在语法上不完整我也不清楚。

By contrast, the individualist feminist tradition emphasizes individual human rights and celebrates women’s quest for personal autonomy, while downplaying the importance of gender roles and minimizing discussion of childbearing and its attendant responsibilities.

In essence, textbooks stereotype and deprecate the numerous Native American cultures while reinforcing the attitude that the European conquest of the New World denotes the superiority of European cultures.

1.    The primary purpose of the passage is to propose
(A) an alternative to museum display of artifacts
(B) a way to curb illegal digging while benefiting the archaeological profession
(C) a way to distinguish artifacts with scientific value from those that have no such value
(D) the governmental regulation of archaeological sites
(E) a new system for cataloguing duplicate artifacts

We are told that the independent inventor, along with the small firm, cannot afford to undertake the important research needed to improve our standard of living while protecting our diminishing resources; that only the giant corporation or conglomerate, with its prodigious assets, can afford the kind of expenditures that produce the technological advances vital to economic progress.

[此贴子已经被作者于2003-10-8 2:39:43编辑过]

sbbi

好象"while + n"(省be)也不对.就是说"while + be + .."中的"be"不能随便省...

gemj

另外while doing应该是省略形式，while作连词用，它的后面应该跟及物动词。
我想问题可能出在willing上，它在这里好象是形容词。
但我查了词典，WILL有这样的意思：
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[intransitive and transitive] old use to want something to happen
The King wills it.
如果这个意思不适合它，它就有问题了。注意题目中WILLING后面还有个TO。

sbbi

why did you say "它的后面应该跟及物动词"? why not vi?

gemj

我是看到上面的例子都是这样的。另外WHILE的前面已经是省略了，后面若再跟VI光秃秃的，结构上不太对称吧。
当然这一点我特别不肯定，只是猜测。

mjiehu

"while willing"中"willing"不是动词的ing形式。
"while raising"这题，首先根据同类列举最后一项前的"and"必须补足，排除ABD，E明显错误。此外"while"表示对比，前面"reduce"后面"raise"。
"while performing"这题，首先根据have和has排除ABC，D中which用法错误。"while"功效同上。