大全885-S13-2 对prefer的理解

kathy8446

Judge Lois Forer’s study asks why do some litigants have a preferred status over others in the use of a public resource, the courts, which in theory are available to all but in fact are unequally distributed among rich and poor.

(A) do some litigants have a preferred status over others in the use of a public resource, the courts, which in theory are available to all but in fact are unequally distributed among

(B) some litigants have a preferred status over others in the use of a public resource, the courts, which in theory are available to all but in fact are unequally distributed between

(C) do some litigants have a preferred status over another in the use of a public resource, the courts, in theory available to all but in fact are unequally distributed among

(D) some litigants have a preferred status to another in the use of a public resource, the courts, in theory available to all but in fact not equally distributed between（B）

(E) does one litigant have a preferred status over the other in the use of a public resource, the courts, in theory available to all but in fact they are not equally distributed among

这题根据名词性从句的陈述语序要求，可以排除A、C、E。问题是B和D的理解。看到D的Prefer to，很自然就选了这个搭配，但是答案是B。

这里，如果用B的逻辑就是some litigants prefer...over others 是some litigants和 other litigants之间的比较。而用D的逻辑就是prefer one status to another。不知道我这样理解对不对？所以就是D改变原意？

另外，D的not equally 和B的unequally，有差别没？

littledou

B比D好在3个地方：

1。some 对others, one 对another, 没有some vs. another

2.which从句比逗号＋形容词修饰要明确得多。

3。are unequally 和not equally意思不一样。not equally改变原意。

prefered这里已经变化成了形容词，不用在后面加to了，这是ETS的险恶之所在。

kathy8446

D的话，其实是a preferred status to another，不知道这样算不算one对another？ 

are unequally 和not equally意思不一样。not equally改变原意。

能不能解释一下怎么不一样？谢谢！

看了答案才明白preferred确实是形容词，我还傻傻的跑去找to，唉……

kathy8446

我发现正确搭配是one,another没有a，another搭配的

还是想问一下unequally和not equally有什么差别？在另外一题看到说not+adj.要比un-adj.更明确的表达否定意思？可不可以推广到所有形容词？

bloodymica

以下是引用kathy8446在2006-7-26 23:11:00的发言：

D的话，其实是a preferred status to another，不知道这样算不算one对another？ 

are unequally 和not equally意思不一样。not equally改变原意。

能不能解释一下怎么不一样？谢谢！

看了答案才明白preferred确实是形容词，我还傻傻的跑去找to，唉……

应该是a (preferred) status over

abia

Judge Lois Forer’s study asks why do some litigants have a preferred status over others in the use of a public resource, the courts, which in theory are available to all but in fact are unequally distributed among rich and poor.

(A) do some litigants have a preferred status over others in the use of a public resource, the courts, which in theory are available to all but in fact are unequally distributed among

(B) some litigants have a preferred status over others in the use of a public resource, the courts, which in theory are available to all but in fact are unequally distributed between

(C) do some litigants have a preferred status over another in the use of a public resource, the courts, in theory available to all but in fact are unequally distributed among

(D) some litigants have a preferred status to another in the use of a public resource, the courts, in theory available to all but in fact not equally distributed between（B）

(E) does one litigant have a preferred status over the other in the use of a public resource, the courts, in theory available to all but in fact they are not equally distributed among

很简单，先把do和does开头的全部排除，然后看B和D，从严谨角度讲必然用B为什么，很简单which引导了定语从句，一下子就很清楚地表明了修饰谁，如果不用定语从句，这个修饰成分的位置就比较尴尬了

wei_wangyan

（B）some litigants have a preferred status over others in the use of a public resource, the courts, which in theory are available to all but in fact are unequally distributed between

请问B选项中的which从句不是修饰a public resource吗？the courts不是同位语吗？

谢谢。