[讨论]OG11th－12

鬼舞者

12. After gradual declension down to about 39 hours in 1970, the workweek in the United States has steadily increased to the point that the average worker now puts in an estimated 164 extra hours of paid labor a year.

(A) After gradual declension down
(B) Following a gradual declension down
(C) After gradual declining down
(D) After gradually declining
(E) Following gradually declining

OG的解释是：
One of the meanings ofdeclension is a decline, butdeclension is rarely, if ever, used in this sense inthe modern era. Replacing declension with decline would be acceptable, but it is preferable to use the participle declining with the adverb gradually: after gradually declining. Declining shows movement in only one direction, so the redundant adverb down must be omitted.

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[此贴子已经被作者于2006-9-21 3:13:53编辑过]

magico

但是分词declining 和副词 gradually 搭配会更好一些

貌似这么解释。

此外，declining已经表示了下降的意思了，所以down应该省略

鬼舞者

前面有看到关于这到题的讨论，大多人认为这里的declining是动名词跟在介词after之后，但OG却偏偏把declining说成是分词，不理解哦～～

magico

现代语法中好像已经没有动名词这样的说法了吧。

回去查下书，呵呵

鬼舞者

意思是现在语法中分词＝V-ing？？

鬼舞者

顶一下，这里的declining到底是什么词性被副词修饰

MsBean

顺便问一下，这句话是不是有down没down都可以呢？还是down本来就是多余累赘的。